Agency Comparison
BID Company vs Buildo
Two top-rated AI Consulting agencies in Milan.
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 | BID Company | Buildo |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 51/100 | Higher score: 55/100 |
| Hourly rate | Lower published rate: €45-85/hr | €85-130/hr |
| Team size | Larger team: 50-249 | 10-49 |
| Location | Milan, Italy | Milan, Italy |
| Founded | 2016 | 2013 |
| Last reviewed | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
What we said about each
Our take on BID Company
The published case studies carry numbers but not names: a generative-AI KYC report generator at an unnamed Italian bank that cut production time from 1. 5 hours to 0. 5 per report and operating cost by 64%, churn models that intercepted 50% of financial-advisor departures in advance at an unnamed cooperative banking group, and energy-demand forecasting for an unnamed Swiss utility that lifted average forecast accuracy by 18%.
Reviewed Sep 3, 2026
Read the full assessment →Our take on Buildo
The Banksealer study is the one that shows a machine-learning system in production: fraud-ranking algorithms developed with Politecnico di Milano and reimplemented in Scala, running on-premises without an internet connection at 200 transactions per second, with the Kafka, Elasticsearch and Docker choices explained rather than hidden. The other two AI studies are a shipped LLM conversation-intelligence feature for Superlayer, where the prompt-engineering and token-windowing decisions are written…
Reviewed Sep 3, 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 BID Company if you need
- a more cost-effective engagement (~40% lower rate)
- larger team capacity for multi-stream or enterprise-scale programs
- disclosed specialization in Manufacturing
- broader service offering — also covers Generative AI
Choose Buildo if you need
- closer collaboration at a smaller team scale
- disclosed specialization in SaaS & B2B
- a higher overall editorial score
Strengths and watch-outs
Both upsides and risks, straight from our editorial assessments.
BID Company
Strengths
- Published rates of €45–85/h for a 100-plus-person, private-equity-backed analytics firm with ISO 9001, 27001, 45001 and 14001 certifications
- Generative-AI work sits in the case-study record, not only the blog: the KYC study documents few-shot prompting and second-level entity relationships alongside the 64% cost figure
- Long client relationships are documented: the pharma segmentation study states the collaboration has run and expanded every year since 2020
Watch-outs
- Every case study anonymizes its client—ask which homepage logos match which study and for a reference behind the KYC or churn work
- The site publishes no team page—ask who on the 100-plus staff would lead your engagement and how many of them hold data-science or ML-engineering roles
- The site is Italian-only—if your team works in English, confirm delivery language and documentation before contracting
Buildo
Strengths
- All 5 case studies close with a quote from a named client executive (CTO, Head of Data Analytics, CEO, Head of Sales), so references are visible before the first call
- Regulated delivery is documented: the Inpeco study describes safety and cybersecurity risk analysis, requirements tracking and an automated verification suite under medical-device processes
- Published rates of €85–130/h sit inside the €100–200/h EU band for a 2013 firm with ISO 9001 certification and FT 1000 (2023) and Sole 24 Ore Growth Leaders (2022, 2023) listings
Watch-outs
- The Banksealer study gives throughput (200 transactions per second) but no detection outcome—ask what the fraud-catch rate or analyst time saved looked like after go-live
- The AI Engineering service page is an unfilled template at review time—ask for the current AI offer in writing and who on the team would staff it
- The Inpeco study is written in the present tense ('we are developing')—confirm the status of any in-progress engagement offered as a reference
Service coverage
Where the two overlap, and where each covers ground the other does not.
Industry coverage
Where the two overlap, and where each covers ground the other does not.
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.
BID Company
Rate: €45-85/hr
€21,600–€40,800
Buildo
Rate: €85-130/hr
€40,800–€62,400
At this scope the published midpoints are about €20,400 apart, with BID Company lower. Buildo publishes SaaS & B2B work that BID Company does not — that is the one difference on this page that bears on the gap. If your brief does not touch it, the gap is buying something this comparison cannot see.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is cheaper, BID Company or Buildo?
- BID Company is cheaper by roughly 40% — €65/hr median vs €108/hr at Buildo. Published rates cover different things at different agencies — seniority mix, discovery and included revisions are the usual variables — so treat the gap as a question to ask, not a verdict.
- Which has more FinTech experience, BID Company or Buildo?
- Both agencies show documented FinTech work and have similar industry breadth. Compare directly on the agency profiles: BID Company and Buildo.
- Which scores higher overall, BID Company or Buildo?
- Buildo scores 55/100, 4 points higher than BID Company at 51/100. See our methodology for how scores are calculated.
- Which is faster to engage, BID Company or Buildo?
- Neither publishes lead times, so this is a read on team size rather than a measured answer. Buildo runs the smaller team, which usually means fewer procurement gates and a shorter path to kickoff. BID Company runs a larger one, which tends to mean more steps but more capacity to start parallel workstreams. Current kickoff availability is the number that actually decides it — ask both.
- When should I consider both BID Company and Buildo?
- Consider running parallel discovery briefs with BID Company and Buildo 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.