AI consultancies in London, compared: who they suit, what they charge, and how to choose.
London AI consultancies fall into five groups: enterprise programmes (Faculty, Brainpool), mid-market build teams (Fifty One Degrees, Softblues), Claude and ChatGPT rollouts (The AI Consultancy), small-business audits and first automations (AI Consultants London, Ronins, Augustova) and MVP studios for founders (Magora, Foundry 5, Softgen). Published entry prices run from about £1,000 for an audit to £25,000 or more for a first build.
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Augustova is an AI consultancy in Fitzrovia, and it is one of the twelve firms on this page. We wrote it because buyers keep asking us who else to talk to, and because most "best AI consultancies" lists are written by a firm that puts itself first. This one does not rank anyone. Firms are grouped by the kind of buyer they say they serve, and every fact about them comes from their own website or from Companies House, read on 10 October 2026 and linked at the foot of each section.
We picked firms that come up when people in London search for AI consultants or ask an AI assistant for one: the Google map results, Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT’s recommendations, checked in early October 2026. We have no commercial relationship with any of the others. If a fact here is out of date, email us and we will correct it.
The twelve, side by side
Prices are as published by each firm, excluding VAT unless stated. "Not published" means we could not find a price on the firm’s own pages, not that it is expensive.
"Best for" is our one-line summary of what each firm says about itself on its own pages. It is not a ranking, and the order of the table is not one either.
| Firm | Best for | Best fit, in its own words | Advises, builds or both | Published prices | London base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty | Large, regulated programmes in defence, health and public services | Large organisations, defence, health and public services | Both | Not published | Office, 160 Old Street EC1V |
| Brainpool AI | Mid-sized firms happy to run AI on the supplier’s own platform | Mid-sized professional services, financial services, retail and construction firms | Both, on its own Cortex platform | Quoted per project on its homepage | States London headquarters |
| Fifty One Degrees | Mid-market firms that want a build team, not only advice | Mid-market businesses, typically £5m to £250m turnover | Both, build-led | Proof of concept under £15,000; Claude packages £25,000 to £70,000 | Office, Great Portland Street W1W |
| Softblues | Regulated UK and Irish firms rolling out Claude or Gemini | UK and Irish businesses, with a focus on regulated firms | Both | Quoted per engagement | Registered office in Covent Garden; distributed team |
| The AI Consultancy | SMEs rolling out Claude across a team | UK SMEs and scaleups | Both, Claude specialist | Readiness sprint from £3,500; Claude install from £4,500; build from £40,000 | Offices in Hoxton and Chelmsford |
| AI Consultants London | Local businesses that want a low-cost audit | Local businesses in London, Surrey and Berkshire | Mainly audits and implementation | Audits from £999 | London (no street address published) |
| Ronins | Businesses that want AI alongside web, brand and marketing work | Businesses wanting AI alongside web, brand and marketing | Both, within a digital agency | AI work from £3,500 fixed | Office, Tavistock Street WC2E |
| Augustova | UK SMEs that want an audit and the build from one team at a fixed price | UK small and mid-sized businesses | Both | Audit £2,500 to £6,000; custom AI £8,000 to £25,000; MVP £10,000 to £20,000 | Office, Tottenham Court Road W1T |
| British AI Consulting | Firms that want outreach and booking systems run for them monthly | Firms starting to scale, on monthly plans | Done-for-you outreach and booking systems | £750 setup plus £500 a month, up to £12,995 setup | Furnival Street EC4A |
| Magora | Founders who want an MVP from a long-established build studio | Founders, product leaders and enterprise teams | Mainly build | MVP from £10,000; from £49 an hour | Office, Shoreditch High Street E1 |
| Foundry 5 | Founders who want a fixed-price MVP built quickly | Startup founders and enterprise teams | Mainly build | MVP from £15,000 fixed | St John’s Lane EC1M |
| Softgen | Founders who want an AI product or MVP with costs estimated up front | Startups, non-technical founders and product teams | Build | AI build from £18,000; MVP from £24,000 | London (registered office NW10) |
Read on 10 October 2026 from each firm’s own pages and Companies House. Firms change their prices; check the linked page before you rely on a number.
Large organisations and regulated programmes
Faculty has worked with large organisations since 2014 across defence, health, financial services and public services, and publishes case studies such as the forecasting tools it built for the NHS during the pandemic. It does not publish prices. Brainpool says it has been shipping custom AI since 2017, delivers on its own platform, Cortex, and shows clients including Fujitsu, NVIDIA and Sainsbury’s on its homepage. Its homepage says costs are quoted per project.
If your project needs security clearance, a large team or a multi-year programme, start here. If you are a twenty-person business, these firms are probably not built for you.
Mid-market firms that want a build team
Fifty One Degrees describes itself as an AI consultancy that builds rather than advises, for businesses with £5m to £250m turnover. It says a proof of concept typically costs under £15,000 and lists Claude implementation packages from £25,000 to £70,000. It states OpenAI Select and Claude Services Partner status, and publishes a case study with Heatable.
Softblues works with UK and Irish businesses, with guidance aimed at regulated firms, and covers Claude and Gemini rollouts, automation and voice agents. It quotes per engagement and lists partner status with OpenAI, Google Cloud, Anthropic and Microsoft. Its London address is a registered office; the team is distributed across Europe.
Rolling out Claude or ChatGPT across a team
The AI Consultancy specialises in Claude and says it is certified in the Claude Partner Network. It publishes its prices: a readiness sprint from £3,500, Claude installs from £4,500 for a team and £7,500 for a business, discovery and pilot work from £15,000 and builds from £40,000. It works from Hoxton and Chelmsford. Fifty One Degrees and Softblues also run Claude rollouts at mid-market scale.
Small businesses wanting an audit or a first automation
AI Consultants London publishes audits from £999 and covers Greater London, Surrey and Berkshire. Ronins is a digital agency that offers AI work on a fixed fee from £3,500 alongside web, brand and marketing, with a published case study for CYSIAM. The AI Consultancy’s £3,500 readiness sprint also fits here.
Augustova sits in this group. We start with a fixed-price audit (£2,500 to £6,000, or £495 for a small business quick audit) and then build what it recommends: AI agents and automations from £4,000, custom AI systems from £8,000. We also build and run two products of our own, Onrolo and GoRizzume. We are the wrong choice for large enterprise programmes or model research.
Outreach and front-desk automation on a monthly plan
British AI Consulting sells done-for-you revenue systems on monthly plans: LinkedIn outreach, an AI receptionist, booking and CRM setup. It publishes every package on its homepage, from £750 setup plus £500 a month up to a £12,995 build. A monthly plan suits a business that wants the system run for it rather than handed over.
Founders building an AI product or MVP
Magora has built software since 2010 from Shoreditch and publishes an MVP price from £10,000, with developer rates from £49 an hour; it holds ISO 27001 and ISO 9001. Foundry 5 builds MVPs from £15,000 at a fixed price and says its average MVP takes four weeks. Softgen publishes AI builds from £18,000 and MVPs from £24,000, plus free cost estimators. Augustova builds MVPs at £10,000 to £20,000, fixed.
How to choose
Six questions separate these firms faster than any ranking.
Common questions
How much does an AI consultancy in London cost?
Where firms publish prices, an AI audit costs from about £1,000 to £6,000, with some mid-market audits at £10,000 or more. A first build or proof of concept usually costs £8,000 to £25,000, and Claude rollouts across a business run from about £4,500 to £70,000 depending on scale.
Which London AI consultancies publish their prices?
Of the twelve on this page, The AI Consultancy, Fifty One Degrees, AI Consultants London, Ronins, Augustova, British AI Consulting, Magora, Foundry 5 and Softgen publish prices on their own sites. Faculty, Brainpool and Softblues quote per project.
Which London AI consultancy is best for a small business?
It depends on what you need first, and several firms on this page serve small businesses. For an audit, AI Consultants London publishes audits from £999, Augustova a small-business quick audit at £495 and fuller audits from £2,500, and The AI Consultancy a readiness sprint from £3,500. For AI alongside web and marketing work, Ronins offers fixed-fee AI work from £3,500. Several of these firms both advise and build, including The AI Consultancy, Ronins and Augustova, so you can keep one team from the audit to the first build.
Should a small business hire an AI consultancy?
Only if there is a specific, costly task to fix. Start with a fixed-price audit that names the opportunities and what each would cost to build and run, and make sure the firm can build what it recommends or will hand the plan to someone who can.
Why is Augustova on its own comparison?
Because leaving ourselves off would be odd for a London AI consultancy writing about London AI consultancies. We have described ourselves in the same terms as everyone else, said who we are wrong for, and ranked nobody.
Not sure which of these you need?
Tell us what you are trying to fix. If we are the right firm we will say so with a fixed price, and if one of the others is a better fit we will tell you which.