Agency Comparison
B13 AI vs Blueberry Consultants
Two top-rated AI Development agencies in Birmingham.
Comparison updated
Side by side
Published data on both agencies. Where one side measurably differs, the dot marks it: the higher score, the lower published rate, the larger team, the more recent review. Which of those is an advantage depends on your brief.
| Attribute | B13 AI | Blueberry Consultants |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 42/100 | Higher score: 55/100 |
| Hourly rate | €20-40/hr | €20-40/hr |
| Team size | 10-49 | 10-49 |
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 2010 | 1996 |
| Last reviewed | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 |
What we said about each
Our take on B13 AI
One of four published case studies involves AI: a speech-recognition tool built for Box Clever Digital's Thrive project that transcribes volunteer phone calls with isolated people and tracks sentiment through IBM Watson and AWS, which is live and helped the client win £500,000 in further funding. The other three—an e-consent platform in Ruby and Angular, an Angular upgrade for an audio-production platform, and an Electron and Flutter video-consultation tool for Substrakt Health—are software…
Reviewed Sep 4, 2026
Read the full assessment →Our take on Blueberry Consultants
The strongest evidence is not a case study but the published engineering: multi-LLM comparisons run on named hardware with token-throughput figures, speech-to-text accuracy tests, RAG document Q&A demos and a write-up on indirect prompt injection—reproducible technical work rather than the listicles this category usually publishes. The one deployed model in the portfolio is an on-device YOLO system in a low-cost laryngoscope that flags throat abnormalities in real time, described as rescued…
Reviewed Sep 4, 2026
Read the full assessment →Best for
Where each agency measurably leads on the published data — team capacity, declared specializations, editorial scoring, and rates where both publish them. Use these to match an agency to your project priorities.
Choose B13 AI if you need
- an overall editorial score of 42/100
Choose Blueberry Consultants if you need
- broader service offering — also covers Generative AI
- a higher overall editorial score
Strengths and watch-outs
Both upsides and risks, straight from our editorial assessments.
B13 AI
Strengths
- Sixteen years as a Birmingham entity working out of STEAMhouse, with Birmingham City University, Cezanne HR and the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital on the client wall
- €20–40/h against the €100–200/h EU band, for buyers whose brief is a build with an AI component rather than a model programme
- The Thrive study is explicit that human transcription sits behind the API as a fallback, so the reliability design is stated rather than implied
Watch-outs
- The AI case study was last updated in 2024—ask for a post-2024 LLM-era engagement with a reference before treating current positioning as delivery history
- No headcount, team page or named engineers are published—confirm who staffs your project and which part sits offshore
- Healthcare and industrial research are listed as verticals, but the published health work is app delivery rather than clinical AI—clarify the regulatory experience if your brief is a medical device
Blueberry Consultants
Strengths
- €20–40/h against the €100–200/h EU band, from a company trading since 1996 that publishes the technical basis for its model recommendations
- In-house tooling ships rather than sits on a roadmap—an AI survey extension, a prompt assistant and an application framework, alongside a multi-model routing layer
- Named service lines address getting an AI-generated prototype to production, including code hardening and security review, which is where most vibe-coded builds fail
Watch-outs
- The medical device deployment is anonymized—ask for a speakable reference behind the on-device model work before shortlisting on it
- The client-named case studies are pre-LLM software projects; ask for a delivered generative-AI engagement with dates and a contact
- No ML engineers or researchers are named on the site—confirm who builds the model layer versus who integrates it
Service coverage
Where the two overlap, and where each covers ground the other does not.
Industry coverage
Both agencies cover the same industries — on this axis there is nothing to separate them, so decide on the evidence behind the work rather than its labels.
Pricing math
What a 12-week engagement at one full-time equivalent (~480 hours) costs at each agency’s published rate. An arithmetic projection, not a quote — real scopes move with seniority mix and team shape.
B13 AI
Rate: €20-40/hr
€9,600–€19,200
Blueberry Consultants
Rate: €20-40/hr
€9,600–€19,200
Published midpoints are within 5% of each other — at this scope the difference is smaller than the estimate's own error bars. Decide on specialization, not cost.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is cheaper, B13 AI or Blueberry Consultants?
- Pricing is comparable: B13 AI at €30/hr median vs Blueberry Consultants at €30/hr. Choose on specialization rather than cost.
- Which has more Healthcare experience, B13 AI or Blueberry Consultants?
- Both agencies show documented Healthcare work and have similar industry breadth. Compare directly on the agency profiles: B13 AI and Blueberry Consultants.
- Which scores higher overall, B13 AI or Blueberry Consultants?
- Blueberry Consultants scores 55/100, 13 points higher than B13 AI at 42/100. See our methodology for how scores are calculated.
- When should I consider both B13 AI and Blueberry Consultants?
- Consider running parallel discovery briefs with B13 AI and Blueberry Consultants if your project spans multiple workstreams, you want competitive proposals to compare scope and approach, or you're undecided between the specialization angles each brings (see the Best for cards above). Most engagements ultimately go with one — but the parallel-brief phase is a low-cost way to validate fit.
Read the full reviews
A side-by-side is a starting point. The full assessments carry the portfolio analysis, documented engagements, and the evidence behind every strength and watch-out above.