Best Fractional CFO Firms: Solo Practitioner, High-Touch
One named CFO works directly with you. You get maximum access and no hand-offs, and capacity is bounded by one person's time.
Scored against our public methodology.
| # | Firm | Best for | Price | Score | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zabella San Francisco, CA | Founder Yury Zabella working with founder-led manufacturers, food & beverage/CPG producers, and tech-services companies at roughly $1M-$30M revenue who want one senior CFO personally in the work, not a team. | $3k-$9k/mo | 80 / 100 | Visit site |
| 2 | Magnano Advisory Gilbert, AZ | Gilbert, Arizona practice led by Scott Magnano. Published retainers start at $6,000 a month. OptimizeRx put the Medicx Health price at $95 million. | $6k-$28k/mo | 75 / 100 | Visit site |
| 3 | STRATEGO Not disclosed | Albert Ramos Jr. runs every engagement for fitness, wellness, and longevity brands. Published CFO retainers run $3,900 to $8,900 a month. A city is unnamed. | $4k-$9k/mo | 72 / 100 | Visit site |
| 4 | Kyro CFO Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn practice led by Nelis Parts for companies from $5 million to $100 million. Pricing is unpublished. Operating figures are company-reported. | Undisclosed | 66 / 100 | Visit site |
| 5 | 1CFO Phoenix, AZ | Phoenix firm founded in 2019 by Dan Emery. Published CFO range of $3,000 to $15,000 a month. He is the only person the firm names. | $3k-$15k/mo | 63 / 100 | Visit site |
Firms on this page are ordered by the overall score in the Score column, using the public methodology. That score stays the same on every page. Rank changes because the set of firms on each page changes. The firm with the highest score on this page is first. Tied scores keep the earlier listing order.
Last verified 2026-10-07. View changelog
- 2026-09-11Initial ranking published (editorial scoring).
- 2026-09-23Replaced with evidence-based scoring and placements from a sourced research review (89 cited sources across 11 firms).
- 2026-10-07Ordered the page by each firm's overall score. Existing firm scores were left unchanged.
- 2026-10-07Restated placement notes in direct language. Scores and order were left unchanged.