TaaS: Curates a team tailored to the specific needs of the client, often embedding into the client's existing structure. The team is assembled on-demand and can include fractional executives, strategists, or specialized professionals.

Agency: Operates with a pre-existing team or department model. Clients typically work with the agency's dedicated teams assigned to their account, often within predefined service categories.

TaaS: Highly flexible. Teams are scalable up or down based on the client’s evolving needs, often for short-term projects, interim leadership, or ongoing but adaptable roles.

Agency: Typically provides fixed services or packages that may lack flexibility in scaling or adjusting quickly.

TaaS: The curated team works more like an extension of the client's in-house team, often directly collaborating with existing staff, tools, and workflows. They might even function as fractional hires or part-time employees.

Agency: Often operates independently, delivering outputs or services as a third party, with less integration into the client's internal systems and culture.

TaaS: Provides end-to-end, holistic team solutions that go beyond specific deliverables. This might include strategic leadership, operations management, or entire department functionality.

Agency: Focuses on delivering specific outputs within its specialty, such as marketing campaigns, creative assets, or PR management.

TaaS: Often includes fractional or interim leaders (e.g., fractional CMOs, COOs) who are highly experienced and can shape strategy while also managing the team.

Agency: Typically led by account managers or directors who oversee client relationships but may not act as embedded leaders within the client's organization.

TaaS: Clients pay for access to curated talent and expertise as they need it, often at a lower cost than hiring full-time employees or working with large agencies.

Agency: Fees are generally based on retainers, contracts, or project deliverables, and can include higher overhead costs tied to agency operations.

TaaS: Provides a sense of shared ownership, as the team becomes part of the client’s operations and is deeply accountable for outcomes.

Agency: Accountability is often tied to contract deliverables, with less direct ownership of the client’s broader goals.