- 2 comparisons are live: fractional CMO and marketing agency.
- 8 more follow, from AI agents to revenue consultants.
- 5 rows on every page: what you get, who executes, pay tied to result, what you keep, has done it at $70M.
- $3,000 to $15,000 a month for a fractional CMO (MarketerHire, 13 April 2026).
- $30,000, $85,000 or $150,000 for an AI Seam Architect Install, every price listed under Work with Jon Weberg.
What do these comparisons cover?
Each comparison sets an AI Seam Architect beside one alternative on five rows.
- What you get
- Who executes
- Pay tied to result
- What you keep
- Has done it at $70M
Those are the five things you can verify before you sign, and you have bought help before, haven't you, so you already know the row that decided whether the last hire paid back.
What is the AI Seam Architect the other options are compared with?
The AI Seam Architect is a system installed into your business that closes the handoffs between your teams in the order they cost. The install is $30,000 for one seam, $85,000 for the three largest and $150,000 for all thirteen, with a performance fee of 15% of incremental collected revenue for 12 months against the baseline locked from the diagnostic, backed by triple the fee back, on two conditions: tracking and reporting are in place, and the plan is followed as written.
How are the comparisons kept fair?
Every fact about an alternative carries its publisher, date and link, and no statistic is older than 18 months unless it is dated in the sentence. Where a fact was not found, the cell says so, and each page names where the alternative wins, because a comparison that only flatters the writer tells you nothing you can use, does it?
Which comparisons are live now?
Two comparisons are live now.
Which one closes the gap between your dashboards and your bank account, against a role priced at $3,000 to $15,000 a month.
Live · Marketing agencyAI Seam Architect or another agencyWhat changes when every agency fixed one channel, against retainers of $5,000 to $25,000 a month.
MarketerHire puts agency retainers at $5,000 to $25,000 a month on 6 to 12 month contracts (MarketerHire, 13 April 2026).
Which comparisons are coming next?
Eight comparisons follow the first two.
| Comparison | The question it answers |
|---|---|
| AI Seam Architect or an AI agent | A system that owns the handoffs, or a tool that does one task? |
| AI Seam Architect or a RevOps hire | Hire a RevOps lead or install an AI Seam Architect? |
| Seam Architect or business consultant | What differs about a consultant paid on collections? |
| Seam Architect or sales consultant | Which one raises show rate and close rate? |
| Seam Architect or business coach | Advice, or a closed seam? |
| INSTALL or an AI automation course | A method for hiring AI, or lessons on using it? |
| Fractional CMO alternatives | What else fits a $5M to $50M company? |
| Choosing a revenue consultant | How do you choose one, and what should one guarantee? |
Which option fits which kind of company?
Company size decides which kind of marketing help MarketerHire recommends, and the seam question stays the same at every size.
| Company stage | MarketerHire guidance | The seam question |
|---|---|---|
| Under $1M ARR | Neither; the founder runs marketing, with one freelancer on one channel | Read The Thirteen Seams and name your own |
| $1M to $5M ARR | Fractional CMO at $5,000 to $8,000 a month | Who owns booked to showed? |
| $5M to $20M ARR | Both, with a fractional CMO directing focused execution | Who owns the twelve handoffs between them? |
| $20M+ ARR | Full time marketing leader plus fractional specialists or focused agencies | Who owns the chain above every department? |
Who owns the handoffs between your teams under each option?
Under a fractional CMO, an agency or a consultant, each handoff between your teams still has no owner, because every one of those options is hired to own a function. Seam 13 is the loop above all twelve, and revenue chain ownership is the one seam none of them is engaged to hold, so which role in your company has your lead's name between the form and the call?
If two options cost $3,000 to $15,000 a month and $30,000 once, what does each have to produce in collected revenue to pay you back?
What does Jon Weberg's record add to a comparison?
Jon Weberg's record adds the view from above the department heads. As Fractional President of a $70,000,000 a year business he directed the Sales, Marketing and Media Buying Directors on the CRM he built, still running today, which is where he watched which kind of help closed which gap and which gap no function was hired to see.
A brand new six closer floor took its first call on October 14, 2026 and collected $471,000 of new cash in 13 business days, 24 sales, 67.7% of all the company's October new cash, while working one third of its leads in its lowest ad spend month of the past year.
Is the AI Seam Architect right for every company?
No, the AI Seam Architect is the wrong buy under roughly $2M a year; it fits a company already past that line. A company under it starts with The Thirteen Seams reading, and a founder who wants to approve every change personally is better served by an option that reports to them, because the install works across teams and needs the room to do it.
How do you pick the right option in one conversation?
You pick in one conversation by putting your own numbers beside the five rows. When the $41,253 Frank Kern collected in three days came from buyers no function owned, the answer to which option fits was the one that owned the crossing, and forty five minutes on your figures shows you which crossing that is in your business, doesn't it?
Forty five minutes on your current setup shows which option fits and puts a monthly dollar figure beside your three costliest seams.
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Questions people ask about these comparisons?
Who writes these comparisons?
Jon Weberg writes them. Every fact about an alternative comes from a named, dated and linked third party source, and a missing fact is stated as missing.
Why five rows?
They are the five questions a buyer can verify before signing: what arrives, who does the work, how pay ties to result, what stays after, and whether it was done at scale.
What if the alternative wins for me?
Each page names where the alternative wins. A fractional CMO wins on marketing strategy and on cost per month.
Do you compare with other consultants by name?
No. The pages compare roles and options, not named individuals.
How often are the pages updated?
Every 90 days, because prices move.
Can I use two options together?
Yes, and each page says which combinations work.