# AI Agencies for Fixed-Scope Projects in Europe

> 96 agencies. Top-ranked: Merantix Momentum, Satalia, Datatonic.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/for/project-based
Generated: 2026-09-28 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
Top 30 of 96 agencies on this page.

1. **Merantix Momentum** — Berlin, Germany · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 12 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/merantix-momentum
2. **Satalia** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2008 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/satalia
3. **Datatonic** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2013 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datatonic
4. **Unit8** — Lausanne, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/unit8
5. **Faculty** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation, AI Agents · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/faculty-ai
6. **Pexon Consulting** — Munich, Germany · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/pexon-consulting
7. **Visium** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, Generative AI, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/visium
8. **Siili Solutions** — Helsinki, Finland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 250+ · founded 2005 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/siili-solutions
9. **Fast Data Science** — London, United Kingdom · €175-260/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/fast-data-science
10. **dida** — Berlin, Germany · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dida
11. **Instituto de Ingeniería del Conocimiento** — Madrid, Spain · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 1989 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 10 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/instituto-de-ingenieria-del-conocimiento
12. **Ergo** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 1993 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/ergo
13. **In The Pocket** — Ghent, Belgium · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2010 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/in-the-pocket
14. **Squirro** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2012 · services: Generative AI, AI Development · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/squirro
15. **Zühlke** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 1968 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/zuehlke
16. **Sparkbit** — Warsaw, Poland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-23 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sparkbit
17. **Square Root Solutions** — Dublin, Ireland · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, Generative AI · 10 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/square-root-solutions
18. **Kortical** — London, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2016 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/kortical
19. **Imobisoft** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2009 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/imobisoft
20. **Brainpool** — London, United Kingdom · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/brainpool
21. **elunic** — Munich, Germany · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2013 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/elunic
22. **Inspari** — Copenhagen, Denmark · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2007 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/inspari
23. **Dmlab** — Budapest, Hungary · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2007 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dmlab
24. **Limebit** — Berlin, Germany · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2016 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/limebit
25. **Datasparq** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datasparq
26. **Flobotics** — Warsaw, Poland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2019 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/flobotics
27. **craftworks** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Development, Generative AI · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/craftworks
28. **10Clouds** — Warsaw, Poland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2009 · services: AI Agents, AI Development, Generative AI · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/10clouds
29. **Hiflylabs** — Budapest, Hungary · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2015 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/hiflylabs
30. **Lautmaler** — Berlin, Germany · rate not published · team 10-49 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-05 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/lautmaler

## Compared head-to-head
Curated comparison pages (published rates, team size, coverage, projected 12-week engagement cost, and the curator's verdict on both sides — pairings are never sold):
- Datatonic vs Faculty: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/datatonic-vs-faculty-ai
- Datatonic vs Merantix Momentum: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/datatonic-vs-merantix-momentum
- Datatonic vs Satalia: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/datatonic-vs-satalia
- dida vs Faculty: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dida-vs-faculty-ai
- dida vs Hiflylabs: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dida-vs-hiflylabs
- dida vs Merantix Momentum: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dida-vs-merantix-momentum
- Dmlab vs Hiflylabs: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dmlab-vs-hiflylabs
- elunic vs Pexon Consulting: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/elunic-vs-pexon-consulting
- Ergo vs Square Root Solutions: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/ergo-vs-square-root-solutions
- Faculty vs Hiflylabs: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/faculty-ai-vs-hiflylabs
- Faculty vs Satalia: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/faculty-ai-vs-satalia
- Squirro vs Visium: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/squirro-vs-visium
- Squirro vs Zühlke: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/squirro-vs-zuehlke
- Visium vs Zühlke: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/visium-vs-zuehlke

## About this market
A project is the default shape of AI work and the easiest to buy badly: a defined scope, a delivery date, a handover, and then a system that nobody on the client side can retrain. The agencies on this page document project engagements with a beginning and an end on their own sites or in published case studies, and the useful question is not whether they run projects but what their projects leave behind. The chip is a documented engagement model, never an inference from a service list.

The best-documented projects here shipped systems that are still running years later. Satalia's last-mile engine for Tesco, built in 2015, still schedules 100,000 deliveries a day. Merantix Momentum's recommender for KRASS Optik has served 900,000+ customers daily on automated retraining since 2021, and its vehicle-damage detection for TÜV Rheinland shipped as a product the same year. Kortical's tax-automation build for Deloitte took a computation from five hours to six minutes over a six-month engagement, with a partner quoted by name. Datatonic's retrieval pipeline for AstraZeneca ingested more than 20,000 scientific documents on AWS Bedrock, and Fast Data Science's Clinical Trial Risk Tool for the Gates Foundation was deployed publicly and open-sourced under MIT.

Read a project proposal for the handover. Who runs the system after go-live, and did the agency document that in earlier work? Are the evaluation sets, pipelines and retraining procedures deliverables, or do they stay on the agency's side? And is the scope a system or a proof of concept? A pilot that never shipped is the modal AI project outcome in this market, and the agencies ranked highest here are the ones whose case studies describe operations, measured results and adoption rather than a demo. Agencies that also document retainer or team-extension work appear on those pages; for a bounded build with a clear end, this is the list. Scores rank portfolio quality and credibility; placement is never sold.

## Questions buyers ask

### What counts as a project-based engagement on this page?
A documented engagement with a defined scope, a delivery and a handover: a model built and deployed, a system shipped as a product, a proof of concept delivered for integration. The agency describes the model on its own site or a published case study documents it, with the source URL stored per client. Most agencies on this register run projects; the chip marks the ones whose published work documents that shape rather than asserting it.

### How long does an AI project take?
The documented builds here range from a few weeks for a scoped agent or classifier to six to eighteen months for a platform: Kortical's Deloitte engagement ran six months, Datatonic's MLOps platform for Vodafone eighteen. A discovery phase longer than the build is a sign the proposal is sized for a different buyer. Ask for a dated plan with a named handover point.

### How should we budget a fixed-scope AI project?
From the hourly bands each agency publishes and a written scope with acceptance criteria. Published rates for the agencies on this page span the European range on our rate index, and a project total depends more on the data work around the model than on the model itself. Treat a quote without a scope as a retainer in disguise.

### What should the handover of an AI project include?
Code and infrastructure definitions, the evaluation sets and metrics the acceptance was measured against, retraining and monitoring procedures, and documentation a new team can operate from. The case studies here include handovers of exactly that kind: EORTC received In The Pocket's protocol tools in its own environment, and Merantix Momentum's proof of concept for the Bundeskanzleramt was handed over for integration.

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Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates