$15k/mo
For copy-pasted components
They install a free component library, change the colors, and bill you like it was custom-built from scratch. You are paying senior rates for a paste operation.
Your agency is watching the clock. So are we.
Stop getting fleeced by your dev agency.
Ghost-CTO is the automated shadow CTO that audits every GitHub commit, catches fake billable hours, and saves you thousands.
No code access required to start. Read-only. Founders only.
$11.4kAvg. monthly overbilling caught
38%Invoiced hours with zero matching commits
72hFrom connect to first audit report
The damage
You're funding a padded-hours machine.
Agencies count on one thing: you can't read the code, so you can't question the bill. Here is what that costs you every single month.
40h
Billed for a 2-hour task
A basic CRUD form gets stretched across a week of "investigation" and "edge-case handling." The git history tells a very different, much shorter story.
1 commit
Per week of "full-time" work
Five engineers, allegedly heads-down, somehow ship a single typo fix. The velocity does not exist - but the invoice arrives like clockwork.
100%
Of invoices you can't verify
You are non-technical, so you can't read the code, can't read the diffs, and can't challenge the line items. They know that. It is the entire business model.
How it works
Three steps to the receipts.
No meetings. No jargon. Just the truth about what you're actually paying for.
- 01
Connect your repo
Grant read-only access to your GitHub. Ninety seconds, no engineer required, nothing your agency can hide from. We never write a single line.
- 02
We analyze the real work
Ghost-CTO reads the actual code diffs and commit frequency - what changed, when, and how much of it was boilerplate versus genuine engineering.
- 03
You get the audit
We cross-reference the work against their invoices and hand you a savage, line-by-line report that unmasks every padded hour and inflated charge.
Pricing
One plan. It pays for itself in week one.
Continuous Monitoring
$2,500/mo flat
The average client recovers more than 4x that in the first month.
- Continuous, real-time commit monitoring
- Invoice cross-referencing against actual diffs
- Fake billable-hour detection
- Boilerplate vs. real-engineering breakdown
- Savage, founder-readable audit reports
- Velocity tracking across the whole team
- Negotiation ammo for your next invoice
Read-only access. Cancel anytime.
Onboarding slots are limited
Find out what they're not telling you.
We take a handful of founders each month so every audit gets full attention. Claim your slot before the next billing cycle hits.