A one-off activation fee tied to your real capacity, then a fee that follows the program
Activation is paid once per seat reached. The monthly fee is then the higher of the applicable floor and 3 % of the cash payments actually made to freelancers. The two amounts are never added together.
What is a seat?
A seat is a freelancer with an open balance in the program. For the monthly fee, the number used is the maximum of seats simultaneously open during the month. The first seat includes the personalisation of the contractual framework for the client company.
Reference grid
Activation fee, one-off
| Seat bracket | Activation per seat |
|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | EUR 1,000 |
| 6 to 10 | EUR 950 |
| 11 to 24 | EUR 900 |
| 25 to 50 | EUR 800 |
| 51 and more | EUR 700 |
Monthly floor
| Seats in the band | Floor per seat |
|---|---|
| 1 | EUR 100 |
| 2 to 5 | EUR 95 |
| 6 to 10 | EUR 90 |
| 11 to 25 | EUR 80 |
| 26 and more | EUR 70 |
The activation fee is progressive by bracket. The price of the last bracket does not apply to all seats: each seat pays the price of its own bracket, and an extension is billed on the difference. Example: a company starts with 3 seats, i.e. EUR 3,000. When it moves to 8 seats, it only pays for the new seats, i.e. EUR 4,850; its cumulative activation reaches EUR 7,850.
The monthly floor follows a different grid from activation: every seat is at the floor of the band reached, from EUR 100 per seat for the first freelancer to EUR 70 for large teams. A single seat therefore costs EUR 100 per month. Beyond 50 seats, the last band continues at the same floor.
Amounts excl. VAT, indicative, confirmed on signature.
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Expense reimbursements and balance conversions are excluded from the 3 % base. Amounts excl. VAT, indicative estimate.
| Total activation fee (one-off) | EUR 3,000 excl. VAT |
| Monthly floor | EUR 285 excl. VAT |
| 3 % of cash payments | EUR 300 excl. VAT |
| Monthly fee retained | EUR 300 excl. VAT |
3 % of cash payments (EUR 300 excl. VAT) exceeds the floor (EUR 285 excl. VAT): the fee for the month follows the payments. The two amounts are never added together.
As long as at least one balance remains open, the Register, freelancer access and the associated services stay active. The fee stops the month after the complete closure of the program.
Everything is included in the activation fee
The activation fee is not a mere access fee: it is the complete launch of your programme. Four blocks, all included, whatever the number of seats.
Launch
- Guided onboarding in five steps, from signature to your first published missions.
- The org chart of your ideal freelance team, built with you.
- Training of your freelances in the remuneration model.
- Assistance with your first declaration and your first distribution.
Indicative value: EUR 3,500 of support.
Recruitment
- Access to the network's pool of freelances.
- Unlimited invitations: EUR 344 offered to every invited freelance, whose entry fee drops from EUR 345 to EUR 1.
- Daily-rate benchmarks by profile.
- Mission templates ready to publish.
EUR 344 offered per invited freelance, without limit.
Legal framework
- A contract ready to sign, under Belgian law, protection clauses included: non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality.
- Electronic signature journey with a time-stamped evidence file.
- Structural confidentiality: nobody sees your freelances' individual amounts, not even Pacto.
Indicative value: EUR 6,000 of bespoke drafting.
Steering
- A complete space: missions, objectives, agendas, balances in real time on both sides.
- Automated monthly engine: declaration, distribution, prepared transfers, reminders.
- Compliant invoicing and accounting export.
- Priority support and a quarterly review of your programme.
Indicative value: EUR 5,000 per year of tooling and follow-up.
More than EUR 15,000 of value, included from EUR 1,000 of activation.
Money-back guarantee
The activation of your first seat, EUR 1,000, is refunded on simple request for 3 years if your programme has not saved you at least EUR 10,000 of cash. The terms are set out in the general operations regulations - Client company and the special conditions.
Would you rather we recruit for you?
Our team hunts, screens and presents freelances ready to join your programme. Optional service, on quotation.
The money loop, in two steps
Today, you build
Your freelances work at an increased rate, aiming for three times their daily rate, credited to their Pacto accounts: an acknowledgement of work, not a payable debt. No cash outflow for their remuneration.
Tomorrow, revenue repays
Every month, a share of your collected turnover settles your freelances' balances; most of it stays with you. Pacto stays out of the flow and invoices its royalty separately.
EUR 12.50 paid to your freelances at the recommended rate of 12.5%, EUR 87.50 stays with you. The Pacto royalty, the higher of 3% of the payments or the floor, is invoiced separately.
Growth arrives before payment
Fund acceleration with the revenue it creates: development becomes a variable cost indexed on turnover. No dilution, no bank debt, no immediate cash outflow.
A cost that adjusts to success
And if the project fails?
In this illustrative case, about 40 k EUR paid out in total, and nothing due as long as turnover is not there. Your freelances' balances sleep: they are not erased.
Illustrative case: 1 M EUR of development, 2,000 days at a 500 EUR daily rate, product on the market in year 2. Illustrative example, not contractual.
Your detailed simulation, by email
Add your turnover assumptions: we send you a link to a personalised simulation page, printable and downloadable.
What the structure guarantees you
- Zero dilution: your equity stays intact.
- Zero bank debt: no loan, no personal guarantee.
- Capped cost: never more than 3x the nominal.
- Available in days, not months.
- Unlimited capacity: as many seats as needed.
- Free exit: settle, let run, or convert.
The royalty: the floor, or 3 % of the payments
Programme running slow
You pay the floor per seat, nothing more. Your freelances keep their balances open, the system stays ready to restart.
Intensive programme
When 3 % of the payments actually made exceeds the floor, the royalty follows the payments. The switch happens from EUR 3,333.33 paid per seat in tier A, EUR 2,333.33 in tier E.
Never both
Every month it is the higher of the two amounts, not their sum. Pacto only earns more if your freelances are actually paid.
What you do not pay
Freelances: an entry fee, zero commission
After 24 months, the entry fee remains refundable under strict conditions. A company that invites you may offer you a voucher bringing your entry down to EUR 1.
Payments go directly from the company to you. Pacto never holds the funds, takes nothing along the way and is paid only by companies.
Pricing notice
The amounts displayed are indicative and confirmed by the general operations regulations - Client company and the special conditions in force on signature, where the conditions for refunding the entry fee and the terms of the money-back guarantee are also set out. The redistribution rate, between 5 and 12.5 % of turnover, is set by each company in its own contract. The figures of the illustrative case and the indicative values are examples, not contractual. Pacto is a brand of PIM S.A.