Market snapshot
Pricing for AI Consulting agencies in France
Of the 16 AI consulting agencies on this page, 1 carry complete hourly rate ranges. Across them, rates span €45–€85, with a median around €65/hr. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (157 rated).
European AI agency hourly rates by country and region →
| Tier | Hourly rate | Agencies |
|---|---|---|
| Budget | Under €100/hr | 1—Preste |
Team capacity in France
Of the 16 agencies on this page, 13 disclose team size. The distribution breaks down as:
Ranked agencies
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Artefact
#1Paris, France
Client evidence: 5 documented clients overall
Best for: Large consumer and industrial groups that want AI agents adopted across a workforce, not piloted in one team.

Converteo
#2Paris, France
Client evidence: 4 documented clients overall
Best for: Retail and consumer brands putting a customer-facing agent into production, with the evaluation and rollback to match.
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Wavestone
#3Paris, France
Client evidence: 3 documented clients overall
Best for: Regulated organizations whose AI program has to satisfy a supervisor, an auditor or a board risk committee.

AVISIA
#4Lyon, France
Client evidence: 3 documented clients overall
Best for: Large French consumer businesses industrializing scoring or support automation that already runs past the pilot stage.

AI Sisters
#5Paris, France
Client evidence: 15 documented clients overall
Best for: Large French employers that want their own people building agents rather than a vendor owning them.

Preste
#6Paris, France
Client evidence: 17 documented clients overall
Best for: Hardware and industrial firms that need computer vision running on the device, not in the cloud, delivered as a 2–6 month build.

Qweri
#7Lyon, France
Qweri is a Lyon data-marketing consultancy building web analytics, data engineering and data-science pipelines for retail, e-commerce and B2B clients.
Flowt
#8Lyon, France
Flowt is a Lyon data and AI agency taking projects from framing to production across business intelligence, data engineering, data science and generative AI.
Mozza
#9Paris, France
Client evidence: 2 documented clients overall
Best for: Companies that want an honest read on whether an AI project is worth building before commissioning one.

Powehi
#10Lyon, France
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.
Upscale Paris
#11Paris, France
Upscale Paris is a Paris AI consultancy working on operating-model change, from AI strategy and governance through prototype builds to adoption programs inside client teams.

ActinVision
#12Lyon, France
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.

Datalyo
#13Lyon, France
Datalyo is a Lyon data and AI consultancy building data platforms, machine-learning models and business intelligence for industrial, retail and public-sector clients.
Sociaty
#14Lyon, France
Sociaty is a Lyon AI consulting and training agency building assistants, conversational agents and workflow automation for small and mid-sized companies.

McLeuker
#15Paris, France
McLeuker is a Paris agentic AI and fashion-tech consultancy that ships engagements onto its own multi-agent platform or builds an equivalent stack inside the client's infrastructure.
DataGenius
#16Lyon, France
DataGenius is a Lyon machine-learning consultancy building predictive models, language processing and production data-science modules for pharma, health and SME clients.
Industry experience among France AI Consulting agencies
Of the 16 agencies on this page, 16 publish their industry focus. Among those:
| Industry | Agencies with stated experience |
|---|---|
| E-commerce | 11 of 16 — Artefact, Converteo, AVISIA, Qweri, Flowt, Mozza, Powehi, Upscale Paris, ActinVision, Sociaty, McLeuker |
| Manufacturing | 8 of 16 — Artefact, Converteo, AI Sisters, Preste, Flowt, ActinVision, Datalyo, DataGenius |
| FinTech | 7 of 16 — Artefact, Wavestone, AVISIA, AI Sisters, Mozza, Upscale Paris, ActinVision |
| Healthcare | 7 of 16 — Wavestone, AVISIA, Preste, Mozza, Upscale Paris, Datalyo, DataGenius |
| SaaS & B2B | 6 of 16 — Preste, Qweri, Flowt, Powehi, Sociaty, DataGenius |
| Public Sector | 2 of 16 — AI Sisters, Datalyo |
Services frequently bundled with AI Consulting in France
Beyond AI Consulting itself, agencies on this page most commonly offer:
- AI Development14 of 16 — Artefact, Converteo, Wavestone, AVISIA, +10 more
- AI Agents7 of 16 — Artefact, Converteo, AI Sisters, Powehi, +3 more
- AI Automation6 of 16 — Artefact, Wavestone, Mozza, Powehi, +2 more
- Generative AI4 of 16 — AVISIA, Preste, Flowt, ActinVision
- AI Marketing1 of 16 — Converteo
- AI SEO1 of 16 — Qweri
Frequently asked questions — AI Consulting in France
- How much do AI Consulting agencies in France charge?
- Of the 16 AI Consulting agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €85, with a median around €65. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (157 rated). 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Preste.
- Which are the top-rated AI Consulting agencies in France?
- Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI Consulting agencies in France are Artefact, Converteo, Wavestone. See the full review on each agency's profile.
- Are there France AI Consulting agencies specializing in E-commerce?
- Yes — 11 agencies on this page list E-commerce experience. Top examples include Artefact, Converteo, AVISIA.
- How recent are these AI Consulting agency reviews?
- All 16 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed between Aug 5, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026 — the most recent being Preste. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.
Local Insight
AI Consulting Agencies in France
French AI consulting divides along a Paris–Lyon line that is about more than geography. Paris carries the program-scale work. Artefact runs 2,500 people across thirty-two offices, publishes the largest body of client work in this register, and took agentic AI across 500 employees at the public investment bank Bpifrance. Wavestone approaches AI from governance rather than engineering, on a practice built around DORA, NIS2, the EU AI Act and ISO 27001. Converteo works from strategy through deployment for large French and international brands, while AI Sisters, Upscale Paris and Mozza sell enablement programs, operating-model change and short audits that decide whether a build is worth commissioning. Lyon is older and different, closer to data engineering wearing an AI label—AVISIA trading since 2007, ActinVision and Datalyo since 2014, DataGenius since 2017 on machine learning for pharma and health. Powehi and Flowt, both founded in 2024, are the young end; Powehi's stated specialty is sovereign, on-premise deployment on open-source models.
Price discovery is the hard part. Preste's profile carries a €45–85/hr directory rate and almost nothing else here carries a public rate, which leaves Wavestone's published average daily rate of €944 as the only anchor at the enterprise end. The screen that separates a program from a deck is duration: AI Sisters spent eighteen months embedded in ENGIE GET before four agents ran in production, and Upscale Paris rebuilt a national laboratory group's patient experience over six months. Ask any candidate for its longest single engagement and what was still running when it ended. Then ask who is actually assigned—Artefact's scale means the team that pitches is not the delivery team by default, and Mozza's freelance collective changes bench per engagement.
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