Agency Comparison
Blueberry Consultants vs Catalyst Marketing Agency
Two top-rated AI 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 | Blueberry Consultants | Catalyst Marketing Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | Higher score: 55/100 | 39.8/100 |
| Hourly rate | €20-40/hr | Contact for rates |
| Team size | 10-49 | 10-49 |
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1996 | 2012 |
| Last reviewed | More recent review: Sep 4, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 |
What we said about each
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 →Our take on Catalyst Marketing Agency
The FreshGround engagement is the reason this listing exists: search work rebuilt around AI answers rather than blue links, published with commercial outcomes rather than ranking screenshots. Organic enquiries close to three times higher year on year, marketing-qualified leads up 56% in June, and total enquiries across all channels up by roughly a third over six months—about nine more enquiries per working day than a year earlier. Enquiries and qualified leads are harder numbers than visibility…
Reviewed Aug 6, 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 Blueberry Consultants if you need
- disclosed specialization in Healthcare
- broader service offering — also covers AI Development and Generative AI
- a higher overall editorial score
Choose Catalyst Marketing Agency if you need
- disclosed specialization in Public Sector
- broader service offering — also covers AI SEO and AI Marketing
Strengths and watch-outs
Both upsides and risks, straight from our editorial assessments.
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
Catalyst Marketing Agency
Strengths
- Reports enquiries and qualified leads rather than visibility scores—commercial outcomes a finance director would recognize
- Trading since 2012 with published offices in Birmingham, London and Dubai, each with a street address and phone number
- Sector depth in UK mid-market services, public sector and charity, where the buying process is slow and procurement-shaped
Watch-outs
- The AEO method is named but not described—ask which questions, which assistants, and how AI-driven gains were isolated from ordinary SEO
- One documented AI engagement inside a very large portfolio of conventional marketing work
- City landing pages are templated—the London page still links to "Email marketing for Birmingham businesses"—so read them as marketing, not as evidence of where the team sits
Service coverage
Where the two overlap, and where each covers ground the other does not.
Only Blueberry Consultants
Both
None.
Only Catalyst Marketing Agency
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.
Blueberry Consultants
Rate: €20-40/hr
€9,600–€19,200
Catalyst Marketing Agency
Contact for rates
Only Blueberry Consultants publishes a rate, so there is no gap to measure. Catalyst Marketing Agency quotes per engagement — ask for a rate card early, since a comparison that starts on scope and ends on price tends to end late.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has more SaaS & B2B experience, Blueberry Consultants or Catalyst Marketing Agency?
- Both agencies show documented SaaS & B2B work and have similar industry breadth. Compare directly on the agency profiles: Blueberry Consultants and Catalyst Marketing Agency.
- Which scores higher overall, Blueberry Consultants or Catalyst Marketing Agency?
- Blueberry Consultants scores 55/100, 15.2 points higher than Catalyst Marketing Agency at 39.8/100. Both portfolio quality and business credibility feed into the score — see our methodology for the full breakdown.
- When should I consider both Blueberry Consultants and Catalyst Marketing Agency?
- Consider running parallel discovery briefs with Blueberry Consultants and Catalyst Marketing Agency 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.