Priced per process
Each process starts at $1,999 a month. Where a process has a larger size, it costs $1,499 more.
Fractional CMO cost
Fractional CMO cost: rates and our price
A fractional CMO's fee covers direction, and the writing, design and ads are usually billed elsewhere. Growigami gives you a fractional CMO who builds your first process and AI agents that run it, from $1,999 a month per process.
- See your price before you talk to anyone
- From $1,999 a month per process
- Leave on 30 days' notice after three months
See it run
What does a fractional CMO cost with the work included?
Positioning and the go-to-market plan, written with the team and approved before anything runs on it.
Positioning & messagingBuilt once for Dockmere Scheduled Running Waiting for approval Done
Sources105 read43 quotes kept
- Customer call41 min QA lead, 6 warehouses “Every fix goes on a clipboard by the door.”
- WonDeal note 4 buildings, Ohio “Audit week was a binder. Now it is one report.”
- Rival siteHome page chillwright.com “New wireless sensors for every cooler.”
- Customer call36 min Director of operations “We already have probes in every room.”
- Review of Tempvane★★★☆☆ QA manager “Good alerts. The fix still goes on paper.”
- Founder interview0:32 Priya Raman “A clipboard hangs by door 6 in every building I visit.”
- LostDeal note 2 buildings, Texas “Kept the probes they own, went with a logbook app.”
- Customer call28 min Plant manager, seafood “The week before an audit we rebuild the binder.”
- Rival siteHome page tempvane.com “Hardware installed in a week.”
- Review of Chillwright★★★★☆ Operations lead “Setup took longer than we planned.”
- Customer call33 min QA lead, produce “Our probes are fine. The records are the problem.”
- Rival siteHome page frostquill.com “Our sensors replace yours in a day.”
- WonDeal note 9 buildings, Georgia “Auditor asked for one report and got it.”
- Review of Frostquill★★★☆☆ QA supervisor “Corrective actions live in a binder.”
- Customer call45 min VP of operations “Night shift checks doors at the top of the hour.”
Written from it this week
- Outbound email · Marcus Dockmere keeps both on the pallet record, so the auditor gets one report.
- LinkedIn post · Priya We built Dockmere so the corrective action sits on the same record as the reading.
- Meta ad · headline One record from dock to trailer
- Interview clip · title Why the fix belongs on the same record
- LinkedIn ad · text The reading is the easy part. Dockmere keeps what your team did next on the same record.
- dockmere.com · home page Temperature records for food warehouses, from the receiving dock to the outbound trailer.
Gathered
- Customer calls 22
- Win and loss notes 31
- Rival sites 3
- Reviews of rivals 48
- Founder interview 1
Patterns
- The fix lives on a clipboard 14 of 22 calls
- Audit week means a binder 11 calls, 9 wins
- They already own probes 9 calls, 6 losses
- Rivals lead with new hardware 3 of 3 rival sites
Copy gate12 lines12 of 12 pass
- Dashes 0 found
- Negation framing 0 found
- Clichés 1 found: seamless Rewritten
- Hedges 0 found
- American spelling OK
- Reading ease Grade 8
Priya RamanCo-founder & CEO, Dockmere Reviewing Approved “Keep the clipboard. Every QA lead I meet has one hanging by door 6.”
Approve Approved by Priya · v1 is the source for every process Dockmere positioningSaved to Drive Share
Dockmere positioning
The line: one record per pallet, from the receiving dock to the outbound trailer.
Dockmere is cold chain compliance software for food warehouses. It reads the sensors a warehouse already has and keeps each corrective action on the same record as the reading, so an audit pulls one report.
- Who it is for: directors of operations and QA leads at cold storage warehouses and food distributors with 2 to 20 buildings. ICP: 31 deals
- What it is: software that logs every reading from the dock and the rooms, with each excursion and its fix on the pallet’s record. 14 of 22 calls
- What it replaces: the clipboard by the dock door and the binder a QA lead builds the week before an audit. 11 calls
- Why we win: setup is seamless because Dockmere reads the probes already installed. Why we win: setup takes a day per building because Dockmere reads the probes already installed, where sensor vendors start with new hardware. 9 calls, 3 sites
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Why it matters
200 US searches a month ask the price
The phrase "fractional CMO cost" draws about 200 US searches a month, by Ahrefs' count. The answer has two parts: the leader's fee and the cost of the work. Growigami publishes both, with each process from $1,999 a month and the review with your fractional CMO from $1,499.
What you get
What the Growigami fractional CMO price includes
Writing and ads included
AI agents research accounts and draft the emails, pages, posts and ads each week. Ad spend is paid at cost.
Review priced separately
A review with your fractional CMO is optional: $1,499 a month for monthly sessions or $2,999 for weekly.
First-month build cost
Each process costs $500 more in its first month while we build it, and your first build is on us this month.
A short commitment
The minimum is three months. After that, you can leave with 30 days' notice.
How it starts
How does fractional CMO pricing start at Growigami?
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Give us read access
Within a week of CRM access, we show you the first process we would build and what it would produce.
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See the price first
Pick the processes you need on our price list and see your monthly price before you talk to anyone.
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Your fractional CMO builds it
Built with your team and usually running in about three weeks.
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Agents do the weekly work
AI agents do the work each week, inside the monthly price of the process.
Side by side
Hourly vs retainer vs Growigami fractional CMO cost
Compared on Hourly fractional CMOMonthly retainerGrowigami
What it costs $200 to $350 an hour, per 10Louder$5,000 to $15,000 a month at GrowTal and Activated ScaleFrom $1,999 a month per process
What the price covers The hours workedLeadership hours; writing, design, ads and SEO usually extraThe weekly work of one process
Who does the work Your team or agenciesYour team or agenciesAI agents, on processes your fractional CMO built
Review with the CMO Billed by the hourPart of the retainerOptional: $1,499 monthly or $2,999 weekly
Minimum term Usually a monthly hour minimum, per 10Louder6 to 12 months by company size, per 10LouderA minimum of three months, then 30 days' notice
Who approves Not stated on the pages we readNot stated on the pages we readSomeone on your team, before anything goes out
Hourly, retainer and term figures come from 10Louder, GrowTal and Activated Scale, read 5 November 2026. All three were in Google's US organic results for "fractional cmo cost" (Ahrefs, 29 September 2026).
Results
Search traffic up 10x and revenue up nearly 5x.
“For the same price that you would pay one and a half to two people, we get access to the whole gamut of everything you provide.”
10xorganic traffic. Peak estimated search visits, from launch
~5xrevenue growth. “Almost 5x,” Matt's July investor update
12xranked keywords. Terms CapOut ranks for, Apr to Sep
Price
What does it cost to start with a fractional CMO?
Pick the process that matters most to your pipeline. Add the next one when the first shows results.
$1,999a month, per process
OutboundPaid adsAI search & SEOLinkedInVideoNurture & newsletter
- We show you the first process within a week of CRM access
- It is usually running in about 3 weeks
- 3-month minimum, then 30 days' notice
- You approve everything before it goes out
Updated . Prices are from our public price list.
A fractional CMO costs $5,000 to $15,000 a month on retainer in GrowTal’s and Activated Scale’s ranges, and Fractionus puts US retainers at $8,000 to $22,000. That fee buys leadership hours, and 10Louder says the writing, design, paid media and SEO almost always cost extra. Growigami prices the work, from $1,999 a month per process.
How much does a fractional CMO cost per month?
On 5 November 2026 we read eight pages from seven firms in Google’s US results for this search, in Ahrefs’ snapshot of 29 September. Every one gives a figure, and the table sets them side by side.
| Source (date) | Monthly retainer | Hourly rate | Other published prices |
|---|---|---|---|
| GrowTal (Dec 2025) | $5,000 to $15,000 | $175 to $350 | None |
| Activated Scale (Nov 2025) | $5,000 to $15,000; from $3,000 | $150 to $350 | Projects $10,000 to $50,000 |
| Go Fractional (Nov 2026) | $4,000 to $20,000; average $12,000 | $150 to $500; average $325 | Day rate $1,200 to $2,500 |
| Fractionus (Apr 2026) | $8,000 to $22,000; most at $12,000 to $15,000 | $200 to $450 | Day rate $1,500 to $3,500 |
| 10Louder (Oct 2026) | $5,000 to $25,000, by company size | $200 to $350 | 90-day strategy reset $25,000 to $60,000 |
| The Geisheker Group (Oct 2026) | From $10,000, 90-day minimum | Not stated | Growth audit $10,000 |
| The Marketing Blender (Jan 2024) | Not stated | $200 to $300 | None |
| Growigami (Nov 2026) | From $1,999 per process; review $1,499 or $2,999 | None | Website from $7,499, one time |
Five firms give a monthly range, and all five cover $8,000 to $15,000 a month; three start at $5,000. Fractionus puts the spread down to seniority, scope and engagement structure, and places most experienced fractional CMOs at $12,000 to $15,000 for two to three days a week.
Of the eight pages, only Geisheker’s states the firm’s own fee. Go Fractional gives the range its own CMOs charge, and the other five firms give market ranges.
Two firms print different figures on other pages. Go Fractional’s outsourced CMO guide, also in these results, puts retainers at $10,000 to $20,000 a month, and its hire page starts them at $5,000 a month, about 29 hours at a $174 average hourly rate. An older GrowTal article, from August 2025, gives $200 to $400 an hour.
What a fractional CMO costs by company size
10Louder breaks its 2026 rates down by revenue, for a senior B2B fractional CMO with 15 or more years of experience:
- $1M to $5M ARR: $5,000 to $8,000 a month, 8 to 12 hours a week, a 6-month minimum.
- $5M to $20M ARR: $8,000 to $12,000 a month, 12 to 18 hours a week, 9 to 12 months minimum.
- $20M to $50M ARR: $10,000 to $18,000 a month, 15 to 25 hours a week, 12 months minimum.
- $50M+ ARR: $15,000 to $25,000 a month, 20 to 30 hours a week, 12 months minimum.
Can you pay a fractional CMO in equity?
Some take it. 10Louder lists the four pricing models by share: a monthly retainer in about 70% of engagements, hourly in about 15%, project fees in about 10% and equity with reduced cash in about 5%. Its typical equity deal is $5,000 a month in cash plus 0.25% to 1.5% of the company, vesting over 24 months, and it names startups before a Series A as the best fit.
For a tight budget, 10Louder prefers deferred cash and keeps equity for relationships meant to last three years or more. Growigami’s prices are monthly fees, with no equity line.
What a fractional CMO retainer leaves out
The retainer pays for leadership. 10Louder’s list of what is usually included opens with weekly leadership meetings and management of your marketing team, and also covers board-style reporting and hiring guidance. Its list of what almost always costs extra starts with “Execution work (writing, design, paid media, SEO).”
Tools add $500 to $5,000 a month in 10Louder’s estimate. Agencies bill on top. The Geisheker Group’s own pricing page says “your team and agencies handle hands-on execution”, and its comparison puts a marketing agency at $8K to $25K a month.
The all-in monthly cost, 10Louder says, “is usually 1.5x to 3x the retainer once execution capacity and tools are factored in.”
Its example: a $10,000 fractional CMO commonly sits inside $20,000 to $30,000 a month of marketing cost.
What Growigami costs, line by line
Your fractional CMO builds each process with your team, and AI agents run it every week. You can price every line below on our price list before you talk to anyone.
- Each process: from $1,999 a month. The larger size, where a process has one, costs $1,499 more.
- First month: each process costs $500 more in its first month while we build it, and your first build is on us this month. There is no other setup fee.
- Review with your fractional CMO: optional. $1,499 a month for monthly sessions or $2,999 for weekly ones. Without one, your team steers the processes and we keep each one running.
- Website: a one-time build from $7,499. You can also pay $624.92 a month for 12 months.
- Strategy: one-time projects. Positioning and messaging is $4,999, and the ICP and go-to-market plan is $4,999.
- Ad spend: paid at cost, on top of the Paid process.
The minimum is three months, and after that you can leave with 30 days' notice. Here is what each common setup costs over that minimum. Your first build is on us this month.
| Setup | First month | Each month after | Three-month minimum |
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| One process, no review | $1,999 | $1,999 | $5,997 |
| One process, monthly review | $3,498 | $3,498 | $10,494 |
| One process, weekly review | $4,998 | $4,998 | $14,994 |
| Two processes, monthly review | $5,997 | $5,497 | $16,991 |
For comparison, 10Louder’s smallest band, $5,000 to $8,000 a month with a 6-month minimum, comes to $30,000 to $48,000 before any of the work is paid for. Our price list shows every process and size.
What do you get for $1,999 a month?
One process, run every week. Each of these four starts at $1,999 a month:
- Outbound (Pipeline): 500 target accounts researched a month, each message written for one contact. Your seller reviews, then sends.
- Search (Search): 200 pages a month, or 500 on the larger size, built to rank on Google and to be cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity.
- Social (Social): your company page and two people on LinkedIn, with three posts a week each from short calls and voice notes.
- Paid (Paid and creative): campaigns on two channels with up to $25,000 a month in ad spend and up to two new landing pages a month.
Within a week of read access to your CRM, we show you the first process we would build and what it would produce. It is usually running in about three weeks.
CapOut’s CEO, Matt Fruge, put the cost this way (CapOut story):
“For the same price that you would pay one and a half to two people, we get access to the whole gamut of everything you provide.” Matt Fruge, CEO, CapOut
How to compare fractional CMO quotes
10Louder lists red flags in pricing proposals. A retainer with no hours stated, a CMO with more than four active clients and a proposal with no 30, 60 and 90-day deliverables all deserve a push. So does a contract with no exit; 10Louder says engagements should carry a 30 or 60-day notice period.
Then put four questions to every quote:
- Who does the weekly work, and what does that cost each month?
- What is the all-in monthly figure, with tools, agencies and the work included?
- Who approves each piece before it goes out?
- How long are you committed, and what notice ends it?
None of the eight pages we read says who approves each piece of work before it goes out. At Growigami the answers are AI agents, the process price, someone on your team and three months, then 30 days' notice. How to hire a fractional CMO covers the rest of the interview.
When a traditional fractional CMO is worth the higher fee
Pay for a retainer when you already have a marketing team that does the work well and only needs direction. A Growigami process would duplicate their output. Pay for a full-time CMO when marketing needs a leader in the room every day. Our comparison of a fractional CMO and a full-time CMO covers when that point arrives.
Price alone is a poor filter too. Fractionus warns that a $6,000-a-month CMO without sector or stage experience can cost more than a $16,000-a-month one who has done the job.
The head page on fractional CMO services covers the role. For SaaS companies and startups, see fractional CMO for SaaS and fractional CMO for startups.
Talk to sales. Give us read access to your CRM, and within a week we show you the first process we would build and what it would produce.
Questions
Common questions about fractional CMO cost
How much does a fractional CMO cost per month?
GrowTal and Activated Scale both put a fractional CMO retainer at $5,000 to $15,000 a month. Fractionus puts US retainers at $8,000 to $22,000, and Go Fractional puts its own CMOs at $4,000 to $20,000, with an average of $12,000. At Growigami each process starts at $1,999 a month, and a review with your fractional CMO adds $1,499 or $2,999.
How much does it cost to hire a fractional CMO, all in?
Plan on more than the retainer. 10Louder says the all-in monthly cost is usually 1.5x to 3x the retainer once execution and tools are added. In its example, a $10,000 CMO sits inside $20,000 to $30,000 of monthly marketing cost. At Growigami one process with a monthly review is $3,498 a month. That price includes the weekly work. Ad spend is paid at cost.
What is a fractional CMO's hourly rate?
Between $150 and $500 an hour across the pages we read. 10Louder gives $200 to $350 for senior fractional CMOs, Fractionus $200 to $450, GrowTal $175 to $350 and Go Fractional $150 to $500. Day rates run $1,200 to $3,500 at Go Fractional and Fractionus. Growigami does not bill by the hour: each process has a monthly price.
What is a fractional CMO's salary?
A fractional CMO is paid a fee by each client. Go Fractional puts its CMOs' retainers at $48,000 to $240,000 a year per client, with an average of $144,000. On its hourly figures, a CMO at $300 an hour working 20 hours a week bills about $26,000 a month.
Is a fractional CMO cheaper than a full-time CMO?
Yes, by most of the published figures. Fractionus puts a full-time US CMO at $270,000 to $320,000 or more a year with benefits and payroll taxes, on an average base of $225,908 from Built In. 10Louder puts the total at $336,000 to $528,000 at a $20M ARR company, against $120,000 to $144,000 for a fractional retainer.
What does a fractional CMO retainer include?
Leadership, by 10Louder's list. That means weekly leadership meetings, management of your marketing team and agencies, board-style reporting and quarterly planning. It also covers ICP and positioning work and hiring guidance. Execution work, tools and agency fees almost always cost extra. At Growigami the process price covers the weekly work, and the review with your fractional CMO is its own optional line.
Does Growigami charge a setup fee?
The build cost sits in the first month. A process costs $500 more in its first month while we build it, and your first build is on us this month. After that a process costs its monthly price, from $1,999. There is no other setup fee. One-time projects are priced on their own: the website from $7,499, positioning at $4,999 and the ICP and go-to-market plan at $4,999.
What does a fractional CMO actually do?
A fractional CMO sets marketing strategy and answers for pipeline on a part-time contract. That covers positioning, the ideal customer profile, which channels get budget and how the team or agencies spend their week. At Growigami your fractional CMO also builds your first process, and AI agents do its weekly work. Our page on fractional CMO services covers the role in full.
Price your first fractional CMO process.
See every process and review on our price list. Or give us read access to your CRM, and within a week we show you the first process we would build.
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