The right AI consultant , at the right time
Audit, strategic scoping, hands-on advisory: find the AI consultant aligned with your maturity and stakes. 3 profiles within 48 hours.
Market benchmarks
What budget for what mission?
Ranges observed for 2026. The average day rate for a senior AI consultant in France is €1,200/d.
Audit
Maturity, use cases, roadmap
Scoping
Strategy, tooling, governance
Advisory
POC, change, AI Act, team
How it works
Mission type (audit, strategy, advisory), duration, seniority.
Independent consultants or boutiques, matched to your context.
Direct exchanges. You choose the profile and engagement model.
Agency, consultant or training?
Not sure you're in the right place? Here's how these 3 services differ.
- Best for
- Build / integrate an AI product
- Typical duration
- 2–6 months
- Starting budget
- ≈ €5k (POC)
- Decision focus
- How to do it
- Main deliverable
- Production-ready product
- Best for
- Audit, scope, decide
- Typical duration
- 5–30 days
- Starting budget
- ≈ €5k (audit)
- Decision focus
- What to do (and should we)
- Main deliverable
- Roadmap, recommendations
- Best for
- Upskill the team
- Typical duration
- 1–5 days
- Starting budget
- ≈ €600/person
- Decision focus
- Who builds it
- Main deliverable
- Measurable skills
Describe my need
Why use our service?
- 🧠Diverse profilesSenior freelancers, boutique firms, sector experts — picked for your need.
- 🎯Precise matchFramed on the mission (audit, POC, advisory), not on keyword soup.
- 🆓Free serviceYou pay nothing. Consultants pay us when a mission is signed.
- 🔒ConfidentialityBrief shared only with the 3 selected consultants.
Listed consultants
Programme being built — first profiles will appear here shortly.
Are you an AI consultant?
Independent or boutique: receive qualified missions aligned with your seniority and sectors.
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Freelance AI consultant or boutique firm — how to choose?
Hiring an independent AI consultant is often the most efficient option for short, high-stakes missions: AI audit of an organisation, strategic scoping before a major investment, tool/platform selection, POC advisory, internal training, alignment with the EU AI Act. On these missions, a senior freelance consultant brings sharp expertise with much faster reactivity than large firms.
The day rate of an AI consultant in France varies by seniority: €600–900/day for operational consultants (POCs, training), €1,000–1,800/day for profiles able to brief boardrooms or scope a company-wide generative AI strategy. Typical missions last 3 to 30 days.
Our AI consultant directory covers senior freelancers, 3–10 person boutique firms and sector experts (healthcare, finance, retail, industry). For each request, we propose 3 complementary profiles: a generalist, a sector specialist, and — depending on the need — a strategic or operational profile. You exchange directly with consultants, no middleman.
AI audit: what is it really?
An AI audit is a structured assessment: organisational maturity, available data, prioritised use cases, constraints (GDPR, AI Act, security), ROI estimation. It produces a quantified 6–18 month roadmap. Expect 5 to 15 days depending on company size.
When is a boutique firm preferable?
For cross-functional missions requiring multiple profiles in parallel (data + change + legal), for 500+ orgs needing service continuity, or for transformations beyond 6 months. Boutiques bring robustness — at ~30–50% higher cost.
AI Act and compliance: a topic to handle now
Since 2024, the EU AI Act imposes obligations based on the risk level of deployed AI systems. A specialist consultant can map your systems, identify applicable obligations (transparency, documentation, audit) and run the compliance plan ahead of 2026 deadlines.
FAQ
What missions are covered?▼
AI audit, strategic scoping, tool selection, POC advisory, internal training, governance & compliance (EU AI Act).
Independent or boutique firm?▼
Both. You state your preference in the brief and we adjust the shortlist.
What day rates can I expect?▼
It varies by seniority and scope: €600–900/day for hands-on consultants, €1,000–1,800/day for C-level scoping (board, EU AI Act).
How fast?▼
First response within 48 business hours. First exchanges with consultants within the week.
Brief confidentiality?▼
Your brief is only shared with the 3 selected consultants. No public listing.
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