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Top AI Agencies in Lyon
Lyon has 11 curated AI agencies. The top-ranked for 2026 are AVISIA, Yield Studio, and Qweri. Listed rates in Europe run €65–110/hr across 145 rated agencies. Lyon is a key hub for E-commerce and SaaS & B2B AI work.
- Number of agencies
- 11
- Listed hourly rates in Europe
- €65–110/hr (145 rated agencies)
- Top specializations
- E-commerce, SaaS & B2B
- Team sizes
- 2-9 to 250+
- Known for
- AI Automation, AI Consulting
- Working language
- English
Lyon is France's second business center and its AI market is shaped by what the region actually manufactures and researches: health and biotech around Lyonbiopôle, chemicals and energy along the Rhône corridor, and the engineering pipeline out of INSA Lyon, École Centrale and ENS de Lyon. The La French Tech Lyon-Saint-Étienne network gives the smaller studios a visible community, and the work skews toward applied automation and industrial data rather than model research, which stays concentrated in Paris. Rates run below the capital for comparable engineering, and French is the default working language outside the larger firms.
Intro by Gabor Kiss, curator · How we rank
Market snapshot
Pricing for AI agencies in Lyon
Of the 11 ai agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. Across them, rates span €85–€130, with a median around €108/hr. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (145 rated).
European AI agency hourly rates by country and region →
| Tier | Hourly rate | Agencies |
|---|---|---|
| Budget | €50–99/hr | 1 — Yield Studio |
Team capacity in Lyon
Of the 11 agencies on this page, 10 disclose team size. The distribution breaks down as:
- Boutique (<10)6 agencies — Qweri, Sequance, Flowt, Powehi, Sociaty, DataGenius
- Mid studio (50-99)3 agencies — Yield Studio, Datalyo, ActinVision
- Large studio (100+)1 agency — AVISIA
Ranked agencies
Rankings updated · Newest review
AVISIA
#1Lyon
Best for: Large French consumer businesses industrializing scoring or support automation that already runs past the pilot stage.
Yield Studio
#2Lyon
Best for: French mid-market firms adding a document-analysis or automation layer to a SaaS or internal platform they already operate.
Qweri
#3Lyon
Qweri is a Lyon data-marketing consultancy building web analytics, data engineering and data-science pipelines for retail, e-commerce and B2B clients.
Sequance
#4Lyon
Sequance is a Lyon AI automation agency building low-code workflows and AI agents to reduce operational cost for small and mid-sized companies.
Flowt
#5Lyon
Flowt is a Lyon data and AI agency taking projects from framing to production across business intelligence, data engineering, data science and generative AI.
Powehi
#6Lyon
Powehi is a Lyon agency building AI agents and automation for small and mid-sized companies, with a stated preference for open-source models and sovereign, on-premise deployment.
Datalyo
#7Lyon
Datalyo is a Lyon data and AI consultancy building data platforms, machine-learning models and business intelligence for industrial, retail and public-sector clients.
ActinVision
#8Lyon
ActinVision is a data and AI consultancy with a Lyon office building data platforms, visualization, data science and generative AI for industry, retail and logistics clients.
Sociaty
#9Lyon
Sociaty is a Lyon AI consulting and training agency building assistants, conversational agents and workflow automation for small and mid-sized companies.
CZ Multimedia
#10Lyon
CZ Multimedia is a web and AI agency in the Lyon area building chatbots, retrieval assistants, document vision and machine-learning integrations for small businesses.
DataGenius
#11Lyon
DataGenius is a Lyon machine-learning consultancy building predictive models, language processing and production data-science modules for pharma, health and SME clients.
Industry coverage among Lyon AI agencies
Of the 11 AI agencies in Lyon, 11 disclose an industry focus. Distribution:
| Industry | Agencies with stated experience |
|---|---|
| E-commerce | 8 of 11 — AVISIA, Qweri, Sequance, Flowt, Powehi, ActinVision, Sociaty, CZ Multimedia |
| SaaS & B2B | 7 of 11 — Yield Studio, Qweri, Sequance, Flowt, Powehi, Sociaty, DataGenius |
| FinTech | 4 of 11 — AVISIA, Yield Studio, ActinVision, CZ Multimedia |
| Healthcare | 4 of 11 — AVISIA, Yield Studio, Datalyo, DataGenius |
| Manufacturing | 4 of 11 — Flowt, Datalyo, ActinVision, DataGenius |
| Public Sector | 1 of 11 — Datalyo |
Most common services among Lyon AI agencies
These 11 AI agencies in Lyon most commonly offer:
- AI Consulting8 of 11 — AVISIA, Qweri, Flowt, Powehi, +4 more
- AI Development8 of 11 — AVISIA, Yield Studio, Qweri, Flowt, +4 more
- Generative AI6 of 11 — AVISIA, Yield Studio, Sequance, Flowt, +2 more
- AI Agents4 of 11 — Yield Studio, Sequance, Powehi, Sociaty
- AI Automation4 of 11 — Sequance, Powehi, Sociaty, CZ Multimedia
- AI SEO1 of 11 — Qweri
Frequently asked questions — AI agencies in Lyon
- What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Lyon?
- Of the 11 AI agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €85 to €130, with a median around €108. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (145 rated). 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Yield Studio.
- Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Lyon?
- Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Lyon are AVISIA, Yield Studio, Qweri. See the full review on each agency's profile.
- Which industries are best represented among Lyon AI agencies?
- E-commerce is the most represented industry among Lyon AI agencies — 8 of 11 disclose E-commerce experience. Examples include AVISIA, Qweri, Sequance.
- How recent are these AI agency reviews?
- All 11 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed between Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026 — the most recent being DataGenius. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.
Hiring Guide
What to Know Before Hiring in Lyon
Rated agencies in Europe list €65–110/hr — the 25th–75th percentile of 145 listed rate ranges on our rate index. Junior-to-mid consultants sit toward the lower end of that range, senior and lead consultants toward the top. The discount reflects local cost rather than capability, since the engineering schools that supply Lyon's studios also supply the capital's. Smaller studios publish rates rarely, so expect to ask, and treat quotes far under the band as a sign of subcontracting. For medians and typical bands by region, country and team size, see the rate index at /rates.
Hire here when the problem is operational rather than experimental: process automation, document and quote workflows, systems that plug into tools a mid-sized company already runs. The city's agencies are small and sell to regional manufacturers and service firms, so the engagements tend to be scoped tightly and priced accordingly. For frontier model work, Paris remains the deeper market.
Health and life sciences, chemicals and energy, industrial manufacturing and logistics—the sectors with the largest employers in the region. That mix is why local AI work leans toward data extraction, monitoring and internal assistants rather than consumer-facing generative products.
Firms with international clients do, but Lyon's market is more domestic than Paris's and several studios operate mainly in French. Confirm before scoping which language your documentation, contracts and day-to-day communication will be in.
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