# AI Agencies in Vienna, Austria

> 10 agencies in Vienna, ranked by published evidence — portfolio quality, credibility, and profile completeness.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/location/vienna
Generated: 2026-09-17 · 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 145 listed agency rate ranges — the Vienna cell publishes at 8+ rated agencies).

## Ranked roster
1. **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
2. **enliteAI** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Development, AI Agents, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/enliteai
3. **Waterglass** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2024 · services: AI Agents, AI Automation, AI Consulting, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/waterglass
4. **Dev House Austria** — Vienna, Austria · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2012 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 1 documented client engagement with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dev-house-austria
5. **DatenVorsprung** — Vienna, Austria · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2020 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datenvorsprung
6. **Blck Alpaca** — Vienna, Austria · €130-170/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Agents, AI Automation, AI SEO · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/blck-alpaca
7. **eMentalist** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2016 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/ementalist
8. **allUpp** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · services: AI Agents, AI Consulting, AI Automation · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/allupp
9. **Data Technology** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/data-technology
10. **agency28** — Vienna, Austria · €130-170/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2026 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, Generative AI · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/agency28

## 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):
- craftworks vs enliteAI: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/craftworks-vs-enliteai
- craftworks vs Waterglass: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/craftworks-vs-waterglass
- enliteAI vs Waterglass: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/enliteai-vs-waterglass

## About this market
Vienna is the gateway between DACH enterprise budgets and Central European engineering talent, and its AI consultancies serve both sides: Austrian and German industrial clients on one end, delivery teams drawing on the wider CEE region on the other. TU Wien anchors the research base. The market skews toward dependable enterprise work—automation, document processing, machine learning for industry—at rates noticeably below Munich or Zurich, with German-language capability that matters for DACH deployments.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI agencies in Vienna charge?
Austria's lower salary levels relative to Germany and Switzerland create the gap, not lower quality. For buyers targeting German-speaking markets, Vienna is the value entry point: German-language delivery and DACH business culture at rates closer to Central Europe than to the Alpine premium.

### Why hire an AI agency in Vienna?
Vienna sits at the junction of DACH enterprise clients and Central European engineering talent, and its AI consultancies draw on both: Austrian and German industrial customers set the quality bar, while delivery teams often extend into the wider CEE region to control costs. TU Wien anchors the technical talent base. The market's pattern is dependable enterprise work—automation, document processing, industrial machine learning—without the pricing of Munich or Zurich.

### Do Vienna AI agencies work in English?
Yes, though German is more present than in Berlin: Vienna's established consultancies work with international clients in English as standard, while smaller firms serving Austrian Mittelstand clients may default to German in contracts and documentation. Confirm working language early. For buyers whose end market is German-speaking, Vienna's bilingual capability is an asset—the agency can build in English and deploy to German-language users without translation gaps.

### Vienna or Munich for a DACH AI project?
Choose Vienna for value and CEE reach, Munich for maximum enterprise depth. Both markets understand German enterprise procurement, data-protection expectations, and industrial use cases; Munich has the larger bench and the bigger client logos, while Vienna delivers similar standards at lower listed rates than Munich on our rate index. Projects that can flex delivery into Central Europe gain the most from Vienna; projects demanding on-site presence at a Bavarian plant belong in Munich.

### What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Vienna?
Of the 10 AI agencies on this page, 4 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €20 to €170, with a median around €108. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (145 rated). 2 agencies operate under €100/hr: Dev House Austria, DatenVorsprung.

### Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Vienna?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Vienna are craftworks, enliteAI, Waterglass. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Which industries are best represented among Vienna AI agencies?
Manufacturing is the most represented industry among Vienna AI agencies — 6 of 10 disclose Manufacturing experience. Examples include craftworks, enliteAI, DatenVorsprung.

### How recent are these AI agency reviews?
6 of the 10 agencies on this page have been editorially reviewed between Aug 4, 2026 and Sep 9, 2026 — the most recent being agency28. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

### What's the smallest team size available for AI work in Vienna?
DatenVorsprung, Blck Alpaca, eMentalist are the boutique studios (under 10 people) on this page, ideal for projects needing senior-level attention without large-team overhead.

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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