Pay less than the waste you will find.
Foundation for founder-led finance. Scale when the board starts asking for burn multiple. Most teams cover a year in the first audit.
Price it against the waste, not the tool
Start free. Stay when the first audit covers the year.
For the founder who IS the CFO
Foundation
$3,990/year · 2 months free · 7-day trial
Sunday spreadsheets, retired. License audit, shadow AI, renewals, Burn Twin, runway, and board reports. Wired to your ledger, cards, and SSO.
- License Audit: SSO, ledger, and cards in one sweep
- Shadow AI Scorecard: every unapproved AI tool on the cards
- Renewal Shield: 30-day vendor alerts before auto-renew
- Burn Twin AI CFO: 50 messages per month
- Runway Weather: 3-scenario forecast, updated daily
- Board reports: 2 per month, PDF export, approval queue
- 3 team members · 75 vendors · 1 workspace
Integrations: Google Workspace · Xero or QuickBooks · Ramp or Brex · Stripe · Slack
Seed–Series A · 20–60 people · Founder-led finance
Start Foundation trial7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Look like a team of five
Scale
$7,990/year · 2 months free · 7-day trial
Everything in Foundation, plus Investor Ready Score, Cloud FinOps, What If sandbox, vendor benchmarks, and unlimited board reports. A fractional CFO, without the fractional wait.
- Investor Ready Score: live 0–100 fundraise metric
- What If sandbox: model hires and savings with sliders
- Cloud FinOps: AWS waste plus GitHub PR right-sizing
- Vendor Intelligence: benchmark vs 1,000+ companies
- Multi-entity: up to 3 workspaces, one view
- Unlimited Burn Twin · unlimited board reports
- 10 team members · priority support (4hr)
Integrations: Foundation plus Okta · AWS · GitHub · dual ledger & cards
Series A/B · 50–150 people · First Head of Finance
Start Scale trial7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Portfolio & custom
Enterprise
Multi-entity · SSO/SAML · dedicated FinOps
150+ employees, PE/VC portfolio ops, custom connectors, SAML, and dedicated tenant with SLA-backed support.
- Unlimited workspaces & team members
- Custom FinOps playbooks & policy engine
- SSO/SAML · dedicated tenant · SOC-2 Type II
- Portfolio analytics across holdings
- Dedicated FinOps engineer · 2-hour SLA
Integrations: All Scale connectors plus custom OAuth
150+ employees · Multi-subsidiary · Portfolio finance
Talk to sales7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Sound familiar?
Right now, you're probably…
- Paying for SaaS seats nobody has logged into in 90 days
- Renewals auto-charging while usage dropped 30%+
- Shadow AI tools on corporate cards with no policy review
- Cloud GPU instances running at 2% CPU until board prep
- CFO rebuilding burn variance from five spreadsheets every month
That's the Series A ceiling. AethelLayer turns your stack into one live view: cash, hiring, risk, and runway. Updated from tools you already pay for.
Compare plans
What you get at each tier
| Feature | Foundation$399/mo | Scale$799/mo · Popular | EnterpriseCustom |
|---|---|---|---|
| License Audit (SSO × ledger × card) | |||
| Shadow AI Scorecard | |||
| Renewal Shield (30-day alerts) | |||
| Burn Twin AI CFO | 50/mo | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Runway Weather (3 scenarios) | |||
| What If sandbox (sliders) | |||
| Board reports + PDF export | 2/mo | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Approval queue + audit trail | |||
| Investor Ready Score | |||
| Vendor Intelligence (benchmarks) | |||
| Cloud FinOps + GitHub PRs | |||
| Multi-entity / workspaces | 1 | 3 | Unlimited |
| AI negotiation email drafts | |||
| Monthly investor update auto-gen | |||
| Slack weekly finance digest | |||
| Integrations | 5 core | 10+ | Custom |
| Team members | 3 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Vendors tracked | 75 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Support | Self-serve | 4hr priority | Dedicated FinOps |
Unsure? Start a 7-day free trial on Foundation . Upgrade to Scale when investor pressure hits.
Founders who stopped guessing
Real teams. Real runway clarity.
Typical teams save 5–15 hours per month on reporting. Most Starter customers upgrade to Growth within 12 months when board prep becomes non-negotiable.
“Worth its weight in gold. First time I knew my actual runway before a board meeting instead of after.”
CEO, Series A SaaS
“Saved me 10 hours a month on board prep. Every number links back to the system it came from.”
Head of Operations, Fintech scale-up
“Risk Radar caught a vendor DPA expiry and stale admin access the same week. Both were still cheap to fix.”
COO, Marketplace · 200 employees
Pricing FAQ
Common questions
How long does setup take?
Foundation is self-serve. Most founders connect Google Workspace, Xero or QuickBooks, Ramp or Brex, Stripe, and Slack in under an hour. Scale includes priority onboarding. Enterprise includes a dedicated solutions team.
Which tier should I choose?
Foundation ($399/mo) replaces Sunday spreadsheet sessions for founder-led finance at 20 to 60 people. Scale ($799/mo) is when you hire your first finance lead or face investor pressure: Investor Ready Score, What If sandbox, Cloud FinOps, unlimited reports. Enterprise is for 150+ or portfolio ops.
Can I switch tiers?
Yes. Upgrade to Scale when you need Investor Ready Score, FinOps, or unlimited Burn Twin. Downgrade at the end of your billing cycle. No lock-in on Foundation or Scale.
Do you integrate with our tools?
Foundation: Google Workspace, Xero or QuickBooks, Ramp or Brex, Stripe, Slack. Scale adds Okta, AWS Cost Explorer, GitHub, and lets you connect both ledger and card providers simultaneously.
What if I need custom features?
Enterprise is built for custom agents, workflows, control frameworks, and integrations. Book a discovery call via the trial form and we'll scope it together.
Is my data secure?
AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit. Dedicated RAG per tenant. PostgreSQL row-level security. RBAC and MFA. Full audit logging. Your data never trains our models.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Monthly billing. Cancel from Settings. No cancellation fees on Foundation or Scale.
How do I get started?
Subscribe from any plan card. Foundation ($399/mo) or Scale ($799/mo) checkout takes minutes. Prefer a walkthrough? Book a demo. Enterprise teams use the trial form.
What about training?
Foundation includes in-app guides and Slack docs. Scale includes priority onboarding. Enterprise includes dedicated training and TAM support.
Do you offer annual pricing?
Yes. Foundation is $3,990/year and Scale is $7,990/year (2 months free vs monthly). Select annual at checkout or email billing@aethellayer.com.
How is the Investor Ready Score calculated?
Scale-only. A weighted 0–100 score from five live signals: burn multiple (30%), MRR growth (25%), board report recency (15%), AI compliance (15%), and unreviewed renewals (15%). Each component shows what's dragging the score down and a one-line fix.
Billing principles in our Cancellation & Refund Policy.
Ready when they ask
Stop rebuilding the board pack on Sunday.
Connect once. See the waste. Approve the save. Most teams find more in the first session than a year of the plan costs.