Agency Comparison
In The Pocket vs ML6
Two top-rated AI Development agencies in Ghent.
Comparison updated · Newest review
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 | In The Pocket | ML6 |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 65.8/100 | Higher score: 74.8/100 |
| Hourly rate | Contact for rates | Contact for rates |
| Team size | Larger team: 250+ | 50-249 |
| Location | Ghent, Belgium | Ghent, Belgium |
| Founded | 2010 | — |
| Last reviewed | More recent review: Sep 7, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 |
What we said about each
Our take on In The Pocket
The AI work is named and dated: Penny, an assistant handling Bancontact Company's 8,000 monthly support tickets on Azure with OpenAI models, Jira integration and human verification, reported as a 75% cut in response time—and three protocol-consistency tools built for cancer research organization EORTC in 2026, tested on live protocols and handed to EORTC's own environment. Client staff are quoted by name and role in both, and the older SD Worx mail classifier is published with its accuracy…
Reviewed Sep 7, 2026
Read the full assessment →Our take on ML6
The published case library runs to 34 studies, and the ones read in full carry before-and-after numbers rather than adjectives—Scout24's HeyImmo assistant moved user satisfaction from 68% to 75% and first-token latency from 8 seconds to under 5, and Syngenta's lab-inspection vision model doubled analysis speed across half a million wells a year. Studies name the stack down to the component (OpenAI direct API, Pydantic agents, DataDog on Scout24's own AWS; Vertex AI for Syngenta) and describe…
Reviewed Aug 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 In The Pocket if you need
- larger team capacity for multi-stream or enterprise-scale programs
- an overall editorial score of 65.8/100
Choose ML6 if you need
- closer collaboration at a smaller team scale
- broader service offering — also covers AI Agents
- a higher overall editorial score
Strengths and watch-outs
Both upsides and risks, straight from our editorial assessments.
In The Pocket
Strengths
- Named clients with named client-side staff quoted, across banking (KBC, Bancontact Company), HR services (SD Worx) and semiconductors (Melexis)
- The EORTC write-up states what was deliberately left out of scope and that the tools stayed human-in-the-loop in a regulated clinical setting
- Runs its own internal AI platform on Open WebUI across GPT, Claude, Gemini and Mistral with per-use cost control, at 4,500 requests a week
Watch-outs
- AI is a minority of the published portfolio—ask for the AI team specifically and their last three language-model deliveries, not the studio's overall case list
- EORTC is described as a validated pilot handed over for integration, not a system In The Pocket operates—clarify who runs and maintains what you commission
- No rates published and delivery spans five offices including Bucharest—confirm the blend, the location of your team and the day rate before scoping
ML6
Strengths
- Case studies publish client-side quotes from named engineering managers, not marketing testimonials
- Published outcomes at the national cyber security center include 3x faster vulnerability handling and 70% faster NIS2 response
- Both major clouds are in evidence—AWS and Google Vertex AI appear in separately documented builds
Watch-outs
- Two energy studies run anonymized as "Energy Company"—ask for a speakable reference if you need one in that sector
- No published rates, team size, or founding year; anchor with the European range on our rate index and ask who staffs the work
- Delivery sits across four offices—confirm which one your team would come from
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.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has more FinTech experience, In The Pocket or ML6?
- Both agencies show documented FinTech work and have similar industry breadth. Compare directly on the agency profiles: In The Pocket and ML6.
- Which scores higher overall, In The Pocket or ML6?
- ML6 scores 74.8/100, 9 points higher than In The Pocket at 65.8/100. See our methodology for how scores are calculated.
- When should I consider both In The Pocket and ML6?
- Consider running parallel discovery briefs with In The Pocket and ML6 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.