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Best AI Development Agencies in Belfast (August 2026)
3 AI Development agencies based in Belfast. Top-ranked: Analytics Engines, Kainos, Sonrai Analytics.
These agencies specialize in AI Development with local presence in Belfast. Average rates: €100-180/hr.
Market snapshot
Pricing for AI Development agencies in Belfast
Of the 3 ai development agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. Across them, rates span €45–€85, with a median around €65/hr. The European AI Development average is €100-180/hr.
| Tier | Hourly rate | Agencies |
|---|---|---|
| Budget | €50–99/hr | 1 — Analytics Engines |
Team capacity in Belfast
All 3 agencies on this page disclose team size. The distribution breaks down as:
- Small/mid (10-49)2 agencies — Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics
- Large studio (100+)1 agency — Kainos
Rankings updated August 2026
Analytics Engines
#1Belfast, United Kingdom
Analytics Engines is a Belfast data and AI consultancy and Queen's University spin-out, working across AI strategy, data science and data engineering for public-sector, research and industrial clients.
Kainos
#2Belfast, United Kingdom
Kainos is a Belfast-headquartered digital services company whose data and AI practice builds machine learning and generative AI for government, healthcare and commercial clients.
Sonrai Analytics
#3Belfast, United Kingdom
Sonrai Analytics is a Belfast AI and data-science company working in precision medicine, building machine-learning and computational-pathology systems for pharma and diagnostics clients on its own analysis platform.
Industry experience among Belfast AI Development agencies
Of the 3 agencies on this page, 3 publish their industry focus. Among those:
| Industry | Agencies with stated experience |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | 3 of 3 — Analytics Engines, Kainos, Sonrai Analytics |
| Public Sector | 2 of 3 — Analytics Engines, Kainos |
| Manufacturing | 1 of 3 — Analytics Engines |
| SaaS & B2B | 1 of 3 — Kainos |
Services frequently bundled with AI Development in Belfast
Beyond AI Development itself, agencies on this page most commonly offer:
- AI Consulting3 of 3 — Analytics Engines, Kainos, Sonrai Analytics
- Generative AI1 of 3 — Kainos
Frequently asked questions — AI Development in Belfast
- How much do AI Development agencies in Belfast charge?
- Of the 3 AI Development agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €85, with a median around €65. The European AI Development average is €100-180/hr. 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Analytics Engines.
- Which are the top-rated AI Development agencies in Belfast?
- Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI Development agencies in Belfast are Analytics Engines, Kainos, Sonrai Analytics. See the full review on each agency's profile.
- Are there Belfast AI Development agencies specializing in Healthcare?
- Yes — 3 agencies on this page list Healthcare experience. Top examples include Analytics Engines, Kainos, Sonrai Analytics.
Local Insight
AI Development Agencies in Belfast
Development in Belfast is concentrated in three firms with genuinely different output. Analytics Engines builds bespoke systems on client infrastructure: it rewrote the gap statistic in the Almac Group's bioinformatics pipeline, cutting a 33-hour run to 45 minutes on a half-rack server that never left Almac's own premises, and built PERSPECTIVE for The National Gallery in London, unifying Wi-Fi data and people counters into visitor-flow analysis. Sonrai Analytics builds computational-pathology tools for whole-slide image analysis, including devices prepared for Notified Body submission under the EU IVD Regulation. Kainos develops at program scale, with a Microsoft AI Centre of Excellence behind it.
Read the two smaller firms' work carefully before assuming a category. Analytics Engines' strongest published engagements are data engineering and analytics rather than models, which is worth knowing if you arrived looking for machine learning specifically. Sonrai's are unambiguously models, but almost entirely in life sciences.
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