How to read these comparisons
Every comparison follows the same rules. Costs come from public sources with a date. Each page says when the other option is the better choice. And Bevel & Sloane is described plainly as what it is: a founder led, fractional operations and learning practice for companies of 10 to 250 people that builds systems and hands them to an internal successor.
If you are early in the decision, the Owner Dependency Score and the Bottleneck Finder help clarify what you actually need before you compare providers.
What each comparison covers
- Fractional COO vs operations consultant: leadership versus a defined fix, and the hybrid that does both.
- Fractional COO vs full time COO: sourced costs for salary, benefits and recruiting against fractional rates, and when each fits.
- L&D consultant vs hiring an L&D manager: build the training system first or hire someone to build and run it.
- Trainual vs custom onboarding: software for storing your playbook versus having the playbook written and adopted.
- EOS implementer vs operations consultant: how a leadership operating system and frontline process work fit together.
Every page ends with questions to ask any provider, whichever option you choose. The most important one is the same everywhere: who will run this after the engagement ends?
Questions owners ask
Which option is cheapest?
Software is cheapest per month, but someone still has to write the content. Full time hires are the most expensive. Fractional help sits in between.
How do I decide?
Decide what you need built and who will run it after. Then pick the option that does both at a cost you can carry.
Do you compare yourselves fairly?
We try to. Each page says when another option is the better fit, and costs come from dated public sources.
