Retainers

Monthly retainers. Fractional senior leadership.

Squatch.CC retainers are how we work with companies that need senior engineering and product judgment every month — without hiring a full-time CTO. Pick a tier. Pay the first month. Get a scoped engagement letter back in five business days.

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✓ Monthly retainer, no annual lock-in
✓ Senior engineer + product judgment, one invoice
✓ Schedule A engagement letter in 5 business days
✓ Pause or stop the next month with 30 days' notice
✓ Overflow billed at a clear hourly rate, never surprise
✓ Real human contact in Discord and email

Tiers

Pick the shape

Every engagement gets its own Schedule A. Tiers below are the typical starting points, not hard ceilings. Most engagements adjust on the first quarterly review.

Starter

$4,000 / month

For founders and small teams that need senior sounding-board time and selective hands-on review.

Up to 16 hours of leadership time / month
Architecture, security and hiring review
Weekly working session + async between
Overflow at $250/hr

Standard

$8,000 / month

For companies that need a fractional CTO/CxO in the seat — making calls, unblocking the team, owning outcomes.

Up to 32 hours / month, senior-level
In standups, in code review, in the room
Vendor & contract decisions; on-call rotation design
Overflow at $250/hr

Studio

$16,000 / month

For teams shipping a specific product / migration. Standard scope plus principal-level hands-on engineering.

Up to 64 hours / month, principal-level
Hands on the codebase, the deploy pipeline, the dashboard
Quarterly delivery plan, written status weekly
Overflow at $300/hr

Need something different (multi-entity portfolio, 501(c)(3), HIPAA scope)? See sample scopes on /cxo/ or email hello@squatch.cc.

How it works

Four steps from button to start date

Pay the first month. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, or Link — processed by Stripe. This is your deposit; if we don't agree on the engagement after the kickoff call, you get it back, no questions.
30-minute kickoff call within 3 business days. We confirm what you're trying to do, what's already in motion, and whether the tier you picked is the right shape.
Schedule A engagement letter back to you in 5 business days. Scope, cadence, overflow rate, off-ramp.
We start. Recurring monthly invoice from the second month. 30 days' notice to pause, downsize, or end.

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Pay the first month

Pick a tier above, then complete payment below. Processed by Stripe. We never see your card number.

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