# AI Agencies in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

> 3 agencies in Cluj-Napoca, ranked by published evidence — portfolio quality, credibility, and profile completeness.

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

Listed hourly rates in Europe: €65–110/hr (25th–75th percentile of 150 listed agency rate ranges — the Cluj-Napoca cell publishes at 8+ rated agencies).

## Ranked roster
1. **Linnify** — Cluj-Napoca, Romania · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2016 · services: AI Development, AI Agents, AI Consulting, AI Automation · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/linnify
2. **Wolfpack Digital** — Cluj-Napoca, Romania · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2015 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/wolfpack-digital
3. **7code** — Cluj-Napoca, Romania · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2016 · services: AI Development, AI Agents, AI Consulting, AI Automation · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/7code


## About this market
Cluj-Napoca is Romania's technology capital and the country's clearest example of a university city that turned into an engineering market. Babeș-Bolyai and the Technical University feed a dense pool of developers, and two decades of outsourcing for Western Europe built firms that know how to work as someone else's team. The newer generation here is trying to move up the value chain into product and AI work rather than staffing, which is the distinction worth probing: the same city contains body-shops and genuine product studios, and their rate cards look similar.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI agencies in Cluj-Napoca charge?
Romanian engineering salaries are rising quickly, so the gap against Poland has narrowed and will narrow further. The rate is not the risk here; the risk is buying staffing when you wanted product thinking, and those are priced almost identically.

### Why hire an AI agency in Cluj-Napoca?
For a strong engineering pool at the low end of EU pricing, with a long habit of working inside foreign clients' processes. The better firms have moved from staff augmentation into validated product development and publish AI products rather than headcount. Romania is in the EU, so the contractual and data-protection ground is the same as at home, and time zones work for Western Europe.

### Which industries do Cluj AI agencies specialize in?
Software products and SaaS first, then automotive and industrial—Romania hosts significant automotive engineering—followed by healthcare and education technology. The client base is largely Western European and American rather than domestic, so portfolios here are more international than the local economy would suggest.

### How do I tell a product studio from a staffing firm in Cluj?
Ask who decided what to build. A staffing firm answers with the client's roadmap and a headcount; a product studio answers with a discovery process, a validation step and a decision it argued against. Both are legitimate purchases, but they are not interchangeable, and this is the market where the difference is hardest to read from a website. Ask for one engagement where the firm changed the client's mind.

### What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Cluj-Napoca?
Across all 3 AI agencies on this page, hourly rates range from €20 to €130, with a median around €65. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (150 rated). 2 agencies operate under €100/hr: Wolfpack Digital, 7code.

### Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Cluj-Napoca?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Cluj-Napoca are Linnify, Wolfpack Digital, 7code. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Which industries are best represented among Cluj-Napoca AI agencies?
Healthcare is the most represented industry among Cluj-Napoca AI agencies — 3 of 3 disclose Healthcare experience. Examples include Linnify, Wolfpack Digital, 7code.

### How recent are these AI agency reviews?
All 3 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed on Sep 8, 2026. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

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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