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Top AI Agencies in Rotterdam
Rotterdam has 8 curated AI agencies. The top-ranked for 2026 are Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, and Lizard Global. Listed rates in Europe run €65–110/hr across 145 rated agencies. Rotterdam is a key hub for FinTech and SaaS & B2B AI work.
- Number of agencies
- 8
- Listed hourly rates in Europe
- €65–110/hr (145 rated agencies)
- Top specializations
- FinTech, SaaS & B2B
- Team sizes
- 1-9 to 50-249
- Known for
- AI Consulting, AI Development
- Working language
- English
Rotterdam's AI market is shaped by the port—Europe's largest—and the logistics, maritime and energy businesses built around it. That makes the work here more operational than Amsterdam's: vessel scheduling, container flow, predictive maintenance on physical assets, and the data platforms underneath them. Erasmus University and its medical center add a health and econometrics stream, and the city's rebuilt-from-scratch character shows in an engineering culture that is noticeably less agency-like and more industrial than the capital's.
Intro by Gabor Kiss, curator · How we rank
Market snapshot
Pricing for AI agencies in Rotterdam
Of the 8 ai agencies on this page, 2 publish complete hourly rate ranges. Across them, rates span €45–€100, with a median around €74/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 | 2 — Lizard Global, Logikon Solutions |
Team capacity in Rotterdam
Of the 8 agencies on this page, 7 disclose team size. The distribution breaks down as:
- Boutique (<10)3 agencies — 010 Coding Collective, Logikon Solutions, Blackbirds
- Small/mid (10-49)3 agencies — Clockworks, KVL, Redkiwi
- Mid studio (50-99)1 agency — Lizard Global
Ranked agencies
Rankings updated · Newest review
Clockworks
#1Rotterdam
Best for: Utilities, regulators and logistics operators automating a manual visual inspection or counting task at network scale.
010 Coding Collective
#2Rotterdam
Best for: Founders and small teams who need a working AI feature in production fast, with the compliance reasoning written down.
Lizard Global
#3Rotterdam
Best for: Scale-ups adding an AI feature to a product they already run, where the model is bought and the surrounding app must be built.
Logikon Solutions
Verified: the agency confirmed ownership from a company email address, and the listing passed editorial review#4Rotterdam
Logikon Solutions is a two-person data and AI company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We engineer intelligent processes from your data: the pricing, forecasting, planning and scheduling decisions a business still runs on instinct, rebuilt to run on evidence using operations research and machine learning. Our work covers demand forecasting and dynamic pricing, inventory and resource optimisation, geospatial models on satellite and location data, recommendation and propensity models, and LLM agent systems with retrieval, tool calling and evaluation before they go live. Every project follows our five-step LOGIK process, from locating the decision to handing over dashboards and automated recommendations your team acts on. Founded by Panos and Antonis Mavritsakis, with backgrounds at TU Delft, Arup and Deltares. We start every engagement with a short fixed-scope Diagnostic and quote each project fixed after a scoping call.
Blackbirds
#5Rotterdam
Blackbirds is a Rotterdam AI consultancy pairing strategy with engineering for planning, document, forecasting and compliance work, mainly for logistics, public sector and industrial clients.
KVL
#6Rotterdam
KVL is a Rotterdam data and analytics consultancy building AI-ready data platforms, dashboards and machine-learning use cases for healthcare, insurance and public-sector clients.
Redkiwi
#7Rotterdam
Redkiwi is an independent Rotterdam digital and AI agency building automation, generative-AI tooling and AI-driven marketing for e-commerce and B2B brands.
Data Analytics
#8Rotterdam
Data Analytics is a data consultancy in the Rotterdam metro building data collection, visualization and analytics solutions for small and mid-sized companies.
Industry coverage among Rotterdam AI agencies
Of the 8 AI agencies in Rotterdam, 8 disclose an industry focus. Distribution:
| Industry | Agencies with stated experience |
|---|---|
| Public Sector | 4 of 8 — Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, Blackbirds, KVL |
| FinTech | 4 of 8 — 010 Coding Collective, Logikon Solutions, Blackbirds, KVL |
| E-commerce | 4 of 8 — 010 Coding Collective, Lizard Global, Redkiwi, Data Analytics |
| SaaS & B2B | 4 of 8 — Lizard Global, Logikon Solutions, Redkiwi, Data Analytics |
| Healthcare | 2 of 8 — Blackbirds, KVL |
| Manufacturing | 1 of 8 — Clockworks |
Most common services among Rotterdam AI agencies
These 8 AI agencies in Rotterdam most commonly offer:
- AI Development6 of 8 — Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, Lizard Global, Blackbirds, +2 more
- AI Automation6 of 8 — Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, Lizard Global, Logikon Solutions, +2 more
- AI Consulting5 of 8 — 010 Coding Collective, Logikon Solutions, Blackbirds, KVL, +1 more
- Generative AI2 of 8 — Lizard Global, Redkiwi
- AI Agents1 of 8 — Logikon Solutions
- AI SEO1 of 8 — Redkiwi
Frequently asked questions — AI agencies in Rotterdam
- What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Rotterdam?
- Of the 8 AI agencies on this page, 2 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €100, with a median around €74. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (145 rated). 2 agencies operate under €100/hr: Lizard Global, Logikon Solutions.
- Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Rotterdam?
- Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Rotterdam are Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, Lizard Global. See the full review on each agency's profile.
- Which industries are best represented among Rotterdam AI agencies?
- Public Sector is the most represented industry among Rotterdam AI agencies — 4 of 8 disclose Public Sector experience. Examples include Clockworks, 010 Coding Collective, Blackbirds.
- How recent are these AI agency reviews?
- 4 of the 8 agencies on this page have been editorially reviewed between Aug 4, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026 — the most recent being Lizard Global. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.
- What's the smallest team size available for AI work in Rotterdam?
- 010 Coding Collective, Logikon Solutions, Blackbirds are the boutique studios (under 10 people) on this page, ideal for projects needing senior-level attention without large-team overhead.
Hiring Guide
What to Know Before Hiring in Rotterdam
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. Published rates are rare, so expect to ask. Where Rotterdam does differ is engagement shape: port and industrial work tends toward longer programs than the capital's project-sized briefs. For medians and typical bands by region, country and team size, see the rate index at /rates.
Hire here when the problem touches physical operations—freight, shipping, energy assets, manufacturing throughput. Rotterdam teams work with clients whose failure modes are trucks and berths rather than click-through rates, and that experience is hard to acquire from a standing start. If your problem is customer-facing or marketing-led, Amsterdam has the deeper bench.
Logistics and maritime first, then energy and manufacturing, reflecting the port and the industrial cluster along the Nieuwe Maas. Healthcare appears through Erasmus MC, and there is a smaller financial and insurance stream. Retail and adtech work is comparatively thin here—that is Amsterdam's specialty.
Yes. English is standard for technical delivery and documentation across the Dutch market, and Rotterdam's port clientele is international by nature, so cross-border engagements are routine rather than exceptional.
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