CTO-as-a-Service · Singapore SaaS

Your SaaS CTO-as-a-Service Active in 1 week. Ongoing monthly engagement.

Helping Singapore SaaS teams ship working code with CTO-level oversight — for SGD 2,600/mo, not a SGD 200K+ six-month hire.

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SGD 2,600/mo
From SGD 2,600/month
(approx. USD 2,000/mo) · no surprise fees
1 wk
1-week onboarding
Then ongoing monthly engagement
100%
Code ownership
Source + IP yours from Day 1
50+
Client engagements
SaaS, FinTech, Healthcare, Manufacturing

30-minute call · No obligation · Code yours from Day 1 · Response within 1 business day

How long until you have something real

How Long Until You Have
Something Real

Four paths every Singapore SaaS team evaluates — measured in time-to-working-code, not slideware.

In-house hire
120–180
days
Hiring + onboarding + ramp-up
Big-3 agency
60–120
days
Discovery + proposal + scope
Freelancer
Variable
timing
Sourcing varies; quality unbounded
Fastest
LLL Inc.
1
week onboarding, then ongoing monthly
Kickoff to working oversight, fixed scope
Three SaaS Realities

Three SaaS Realities.
Three Answers.

Hiring an experienced SaaS engineer in Singapore takes 4–6 months and costs SGD 200K+/year.
→ Same-timezone in-house team in Malaysia. Start within days, ship working code in 2 weeks.
Generic offshore teams don’t speak SaaS — they ship features but break your auth or billing.
→ We run our own SaaS (Fortrain). The same engineers who keep Fortrain alive build for you.
Pre-Series-A SaaS founders can’t risk SGD 50K+ on a vendor that hasn’t proved themselves.
→ Start with a SGD 6,500 PoC. Walk away with the code. Then decide.
Why this speed is possible

Why This Speed Is Possible.

Structural reasons. Not promises — process.

01
In-house Malaysia team
~20 full-time engineers. Zero freelance outsourcing. Day-1 live capacity, no formation lag.
02
AI-augmented development
Internal use of Claude, Cursor, and Cowork compresses implementation hours, with human PR review on every commit.
03
Reusable architecture templates
Sharpened across 50+ client engagements — auth, billing, RBAC, and observability already in place.
04
Meticulous QA process
Detailed scoping, rigorous QA cycles, clear documentation, and predictable communication — engineered into every sprint from kickoff.
How an engagement starts
STEP
01
Initial Call
Response within 24 h. 30-minute consult and current-state interview.
STEP
02
Scope & Quote
Fixed-scope, fixed-price proposal by the next business day.
STEP
03
Kickoff & Sprint Start
NDA signed → repo invite → Sprint 1 begins.
STEP
04
Ongoing Engagement
Weekly office hours, daily GitHub progress, monthly engineering report.
STEP
05
Handover
Architecture decision records + documentation + 1 walkthrough call.
Three tiers. One fixed monthly price each.

One Price. One Deliverable.
No Surprises.

Each tier is fixed scope, fixed price. No estimates. No surprise change requests. Upgrade anytime — no new contract required.

Tier 01 · Advisor
Advisor
SGD 2,600/mo
For SaaS teams needing oversight · month-to-month
Office hours
60 min × 2/month
PR review
AI auto-review
Monthly report
AI-generated + comments
Slack support
—
Arch review
—
ADRs in repo
Included
Contract
Month-to-month
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1-Day CTO fee (SGD 650–1,300) credited toward Month 1

Most chosen
Tier 02 · Embedded CTO
Embedded CTO
SGD 3,900/mo
Seed → Series A · 3-month minimum
Office hours
60 min × 4/month (weekly)
PR review
AI auto + human (10 PRs/mo)
Monthly report
AI + engineer detail + actions
Slack support
Async · 24h response
Arch review
Quarterly
ADRs in repo
Included
Hiring support
JD creation
Contract
3-month minimum
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1-Day CTO fee (SGD 650–1,300) credited toward Month 1

Tier 03 · Fractional CTO
Fractional CTO
SGD 6,500/mo
Series A+ teams needing board reporting · 6-month min.
Office hours
90 min × 4/month (weekly)
PR review
AI auto + unlimited human
Monthly report
Full analysis + board slides
Slack support
4h response + emergency
Arch review
Monthly
ADRs in repo
Included
Hiring support
JD + interview + tech test
Incident
Hands-on 2/month
Contract
6-month minimum
Start with a Free CTO Consultation →

1-Day CTO fee (SGD 650–1,300) credited toward Month 1

Fixed-scope pricing No hidden fees Full code & IP ownership Advisor: cancel any month

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Get a 1-week onboarding + ongoing monthly engagement scope + fixed price within 24 hours. No obligation.

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30-minute call · No obligation · English PMs, GMT+8

Compare your options

Compare Your Options

A transparent look at what each path costs, takes, and delivers.

In-house hire Big-3 agency Freelancer LLL Inc.
Cost
SGD 200K+/yr salary + benefits
SGD 30–80K per project
SGD 5–15K but variable
SGD 2,600/mo fixed
Time to first deliverable
4–6 months (hiring + ramp-up)
2–4 months (proposal + discovery)
Unpredictable (sourcing)
1-week onboarding, then ongoing monthly
Quality control
You manage
Agency process (variable)
None built-in
Daily GitHub review, AI + human PR review
Code & IP ownership
You own (employment)
Contract-dependent
Often unclear
100% yours from Day 1
Communication
Direct (SG local)
Account-manager layer
Timezone gaps (6–12 h)
English PMs, GMT+8, daily
Proof
50+
client engagements
10+
years of engineering experience
3
countries served: Singapore, Japan, Australia

Trusted across SaaS, FinTech, Healthcare, and Manufacturing.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) Sunway University Taylor’s University
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Response within 1 business day. After a 30-minute scoping call, we issue a plan proposal the next business day. NDA and DPA are signed before any technical discussion. Onboarding begins the same week — GitHub connected, Slack set up, 1-hour tech inventory session completed within the first 7 days. We have maintained this onboarding cadence across 50+ client engagements.
You own 100% of the code and IP from Day 1. Architecture decision records and all documentation are kept in your repository. No escrow, no holding period, no licensing clause. Our university pipeline — Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT), Sunway University, Taylor’s University — means every engineer engaging with your codebase is a full-time LLL team member, not a rotating contractor.
Architecture decisions are made with data isolation, role-based access control, audit logging, and SOC2-aligned controls in mind from Sprint 1. We run our own SaaS — Fortrain (AI security training) — in production, built by the same engineers. OWASP Top 10 coverage and secrets management are part of the standard engineering process, not an add-on. NDA and DPA are signed before any technical discussion begins.
The engagement is month-to-month on the Advisor plan, and scope adjustments happen at month boundaries on all plans. You can upgrade between tiers at any time — no new contract required. The monthly structure means you always have a decision point: continue, upgrade, or change direction. There is no penalty for stopping on the Advisor plan.
Our team is based in Malaysia at GMT+8 — the same timezone as Singapore. English-speaking project managers on every engagement. Weekly advisory sessions during Singapore business hours. Slack support active during SG hours on Embedded CTO and Fractional CTO plans. Daily GitHub commits visible to you from Day 1. No overnight handoffs, no 6-hour lag on PR review comments.
Yes — always, before any technical discussion. NDA and DPA are issued as part of the initial onboarding step, before you share any product details, API specs, architecture documents, or team structure. We have executed NDAs and DPAs across 50+ engagements. Fortrain, our own AI security SaaS, is built to the same security and data-handling standards we apply to client engagements.
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50+ engagements GMT+8 same TZ 100% code & IP ownership 1 business day response