Pricing
A place on a Buyer Guide, a byline in the Executive Forum, or both. Nothing is charged until an editor approves.
Buyer Guide placements
Your company beside the guide where CIOs compare your category. Each guide has 5 Spotlight cards and one Featured Vendor band. Every placement includes your claimed Directory listing.
| Spotlight, first guide | $499 / year | A card on the guide you choose, with your logo and a link to your site. Your Directory listing becomes yours to edit. |
|---|---|---|
| Each additional guide | $249 / year | The same card on another guide. Each guide has 5 Spotlight slots. |
| Featured Vendor | $999 / guide / year | One band above the Spotlight cards, one company per guide. Carries a document readers can request. Listing included. |
| Spotlight + Forum bundle | $1,499 once | A Spotlight card on one guide, Executive Forum membership, and 4 articles we write. 12 months. Paid by invoice. |
| Directory listing and corrections | Free | We list companies from public sources. Anyone can have an error corrected. |
Nothing is charged until an editor approves. Prices are fixed through December 2027. A subscription renews at the rate it was bought at.
What it looks like on a guide
Taken from the real pages. The companies are invented — SuperDuper IT Co and the rest are examples, not customers.
Spotlight + Executive Forum bundle: $1,499
One payment for 12 months. It does not renew by itself.
- A Spotlight card on one Buyer Guide for 12 months, with your claimed Directory listing
- Executive Forum membership for 12 months
- 4 Forum articles we research and write, one a quarter, under your executive's byline
- Order. Name the company, the guide and the executive who will sign the articles. No card.
- We review. An editor checks the company and the executive within 3 business days.
- Pay the invoice. Stripe emails it. Pay by card or bank transfer within 15 days.
- You go live. Payment publishes the Spotlight card and opens the Forum membership. One article a quarter after that.
The articles are about a problem your executive has worked on, not about your product. Unused articles end with the term.
The CIOPages Executive Forum
Bylines for senior technology leaders, including executives at technology vendors. Separate from our editorial coverage, edited by us, and labeled a paid guest contribution.
| Application & review | Free to apply | We save your card when you apply and charge it only if we accept you |
|---|---|---|
| Membership | $499 / year | Twelve months. Renews each year unless you cancel |
| Each article you write | $249 | Charged when we accept your pitch. A pitch we turn down costs nothing |
| Each article we write | $499 | Researched and written from your intake and a short call. Your byline, your sign-off |
| Ceiling | 6 articles / year | The most one member can publish in a year |
Up to 6 articles a year. Membership renews each year unless you cancel. It does not buy a place in a Buyer Guide or coverage of your product.
How to pay
- Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
- Every charge comes with a Stripe invoice and receipt by email.
- The bundle is billed by invoice after approval. Pay it by card or bank transfer within 15 days.
- We don't accept PayPal.
What no price buys
- A place in the guide's vendor analysis, or a better position in it
- A guaranteed number of inquiries, visits or clicks
- A say in what our editors write about you or your market
- Rankings, review scores, or an editorial mention
Being listed, and correcting a listing, are free. Editorial policy · Directory Terms
Questions
Buying
There's no guide for our category. Can we still buy something?
Not yet. Your listing stays free, and corrections are free. Placements open when we publish a guide for your category.
Can our agency buy for us?
Yes. Use the client's company name and website. Forum articles must carry the byline of an executive at the client.
Can we write the card ourselves?
The card shows your logo and the reviewed summary line from your listing. Change the listing to change the card. We don't run supplied ad copy.
Can we add a data sheet or video?
Yes, from the portal: up to 3 PDFs and one video. A reader who requests a document gives their name, title, company and work email, and we send those to you.
What do you expect when a buyer contacts us?
A reply. The portal shows how long each inquiry has waited. If buyers are repeatedly left unanswered, we may stop selling you placements. Directory Terms
Do you sell newsletter sponsorships or webinars?
No.
Billing
Can we pay by invoice, PO or bank transfer?
The bundle is always invoiced, payable by card or bank transfer within 15 days. Placements and Forum membership are paid by card at checkout, and Stripe emails an invoice with every charge.
Do you accept PayPal?
No.
Can we cancel?
Yes, from the portal, at any time. The current term runs to its end and does not renew. Vendor portal
What is the refund policy?
A declined order is never charged. Once a placement is live, we don't refund part of the year.
We've lost access to the portal.
Reset the password from the sign-in page. If the person who bought has left, write to us from a company address and we will move the account. Vendor portal
Coverage and links
Can we pay to be added to a guide's vendor analysis?
No. Editors choose the vendors in a guide on market relevance. The list is alphabetical and is not a ranking. Editorial independence
A guide says something wrong about us.
Send the page, the error and a source. Corrections are free, for anyone. Send a correction
Do we get a link to our site?
Every Directory listing links to the company website, free. Links on placements and in Forum articles carry rel="sponsored". We don't sell links in our editorial writing. Link policy
Can we have our listing removed?
Yes. Ask from an address on the company's domain. Contact us
Will you publish our press release?
No. If the news changes a fact in your listing, send it as a correction.
As a PDF
For a budget holder. If a PDF and this page disagree, this page is right.
Something else? Contact us.