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Open data on the SaaS & fractional executive economy.
We collect published prices, count them, and publish the counts. Every figure on this site is downloadable, versioned, and free to reuse with credit.
1,774 fractional providers tracked
7 executive roles tracked · 6 with published prices
3 currencies (USD, GBP, EUR)
updated monthly
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The short answer
A US fractional executive publishes a median monthly retainer of $5,750, and the middle half of published US monthly retainers sits between $3,000 and $10,000. Put every region and pricing model on one axis and the median is $172 an hour. Of the 1,577 provider sites read, only 10.7% publish a price at all. The Fractional Rates Index v2.1.1, .
Headline figures · v2.1.1
How much do fractional executives charge in 2026?
Median published monthly retainer, US fractional executives.
n=107 providers · USD per month · 95% interval $5,000 to $8,000
Median published rate across every region and pricing model, on one axis.
n=168 providers · USD per hour · 95% interval $125 to $209
About 1 provider in 9 publishes a price we can verify against its own page.
168 of 1,577 provider sites read
25
Providers publishing in sterling: 18 as monthly retainers and 9 as day rates.
GBP, ex-VAT · every UK group is still below the n=8 floor, so no UK median is published
Datasets & research
2 live · 6 in productionThe Fractional Rates Index
Published rates for 7 fractional executive roles across the US, UK and euro area, recorded from provider websites and normalised into monthly, daily and hourly equivalents.
- PROVIDERS
- 1,774
- PUBLISH A PRICE
- 168
- ROLES
- 7
- UPDATED
- 2026-09
TABLE PREVIEW · 5 OF 6 GROUPS
| ROLE | REG | MODEL | MEDIAN | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Role not specified | US | Hourly | $175 | 8 |
| Role not specified | US | Monthly retainer | $5,000 | 38 |
| Fractional CMO | US | Monthly retainer | $8,250 | 26 |
| Fractional CPO | US | Monthly retainer | $7,000 | 12 |
| Fractional CTO | US | Hourly | $200 | 8 |
Each row is a group median, and the model column in the full table carries its unit. N counts providers, not prices. All published prices, not negotiated ones.
Report COMING SOON
Fractional Rates: UK Edition 2026
Expanding the UK sample, report ships when the day-rate data holds.
UK sample at 25 providers
Chart asset COMING SOON
CMO Retainers 2026
Refreshing with the expanded dataset.
Chart frozen until the sample grows
Reference
Methodology & Changelog
v2.1.12026-09 · n=1,774
v2.02026-09 · n=1,127
v1.22026-08 · n=736
How rates are collected, normalised and excluded. Every version stays downloadable.
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In production
Collection underway. No dates promised until the sample holds. Programme COMING SOON
Awards & Verification
Coming with the Observatory, the first data-backed transparency badge in SaaS.
Scoring rules in review
Dataset COMING SOON
SaaS Pricing Observatory
1,000
How 1,000 SaaS companies really price: tiers, seats, usage, and what they hide.
Sample at 41% of target
Report COMING SOON
The SaaS Pricing Blackout Report
—%
The share of SaaS pricing pages that hide the price behind a form.
Figure held until n=1,000
Benchmarks COMING SOON
SaaS Conversion Benchmarks
4
Trial-to-paid, activation, expansion and churn, split by pricing model.
Collection opens 2026-Q4
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