Comparisons on InnovateX Solutions

Fractional Chief AI Officer vs an AI consultancy

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The difference in one table

	AI consultancy	Fractional Chief AI Officer	AI Implementation Partnership
Accountable for	A defined project or report	Your AI agenda over time	Your AI agenda, your team’s capability and implementation
Usual shape	Fixed scope, then handover	Monthly retainer	Monthly partnership
Guardrails	Varies by provider	Set first, as part of the role	Set first with the 6S method
Training your people	Sometimes, as an extra	Advice on who needs what	Included every month
InnovateX price	Delivery projects quoted per scope	From A$2,500 a month	A$14,500 a month excl. GST

When each one fits

A consultancy fits when you know exactly what you need built or written, and someone inside can own it afterwards. A fractional Chief AI Officer fits when AI decisions are falling between people and you need an accountable leader while your team delivers. The AI Implementation Partnership fits when you want that leader plus training and hands-on help, so AI becomes part of daily work.

Fractional CIO vs managed IT provider vs full-time CIO

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What each option is for

	Managed IT provider	Fractional CIO	Full-time CIO
Main role	Runs day-to-day support, devices, accounts and fixes	Sets direction, owns the roadmap, oversees vendors and risk	Sets direction and leads an internal team
Who they work for	Their own business, under a service contract	You, as an independent senior adviser	You, as an employee
Typical cadence	Ongoing tickets and monitoring	About 4 to 16 or more hours a month	Full time
Cost at InnovateX	Not offered by InnovateX	From A$2,500 a month, 30 days’ notice	Salary, super and recruitment
Best fit	Keeping systems running	20 to 200 staff without a technology executive	Large or technology-heavy organisations

How they work together

Most growing businesses already have a managed IT provider. The gap is usually ownership. The provider keeps things running, but nobody inside the business owns the roadmap, the budget or the risk. A fractional CIO fills that gap and gives the provider clear direction.