Side by side
Key data on both agencies. The accent dot marks where one leads.
| Futurice | Reaktor | |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 63.5/100 | 63.5/100 |
| Hourly rate | Contact for rates | Contact for rates |
| Team size | 250+ | 250+ |
| Location | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland |
| Founded | — | — |
| Tier | Free | Free |
| Last reviewed | May 30, 2026 | May 30, 2026 |
What we said about each
What we said about Futurice
"Futurice publishes 36 freely accessible case studies on its English-language site, fronted by named clients including BMW, Bosch, E. ON, KONE, Scandinavian Airlines, Zalando and Supercell, with reported outcomes such as 1. 5M+ app installs for K-Ruoka and a 60% reduction in airline route cancellations, and the blog shows new posts dated May 2026."
— UXAgencies editorial team, reviewed May 30, 2026
Read full review →What we said about Reaktor
"Reaktor publishes 60-plus freely visible case studies spanning aviation, health, finance, gaming, industrial, public sector and retail, and the design work holds up alongside the engineering: the Cathay Pacific in-flight system case cites 1,000-plus iterative passenger tests, accessibility-led design across 14 screen types, and Red Dot, iF and German Design Award wins, while the adidas ecommerce case documents research, design sprints and prototyping next to outcomes like 60% faster page…"
— UXAgencies editorial team, reviewed May 30, 2026
Read full review →Best for
Where each agency measurably leads — on pricing, team capacity, declared specializations, and editorial scoring. Use these to match an agency to your project priorities.
Choose Futurice if you need
- •disclosed specialization in Automotive / AI/ML
- •broader service offering — also covers UX & Product Design and Service Design
Choose Reaktor if you need
- •broader service offering — also covers User-Centric Design and Digital Product Consulting
- •a proven portfolio (score 63.5/100)
Strengths and watch-outs
Both upsides and risks, straight from our editorial assessments.
Futurice
✓ Strengths
- •Large, ungated portfolio of 36 case studies with recognizable enterprise clients (BMW, Bosch, E.ON, KONE, Scandinavian Airlines, Zalando) and some published outcome metrics, backed by a publicly verifiable 2000 founding and multi-country presence (Finland, Germany, Sweden, UK, USA, Poland, Portugal).
- •Genuine end-to-end capacity: strategy, design, software engineering, data and AI under one roof, suited to enterprise transformation programs that need more than UI work.
- •Active, dated thought leadership (blog posts through May 2026 on DesignOps, enterprise AI maturity and engineering) signals an operating, current business rather than a dormant brand.
⚠ Watch-outs
- •Design and UX read as secondary to strategy, AI and platform engineering across the site; ask Futurice to name the dedicated UX/design team size and seniority within the roughly 522-person headcount before assuming a deep design bench.
- •Readable case studies (e.g. Scandinavian Airlines, 2018-era) emphasize cloud architecture and agile delivery over research, UI and usability detail; request 2-3 recent, design-led case studies with the specific research and testing methods used.
- •No public rates and engagements appear enterprise-scaled; confirm pricing, minimum project size and whether you will get a design-focused team or a transformation/engineering-weighted one for the budget.
Reaktor
✓ Strengths
- •60-plus ungated case studies across aviation, health, finance, public sector and retail, with named enterprise clients including Cathay Pacific, adidas, HBO, Nasdaq, Varian and ABB.
- •Documented design-research practice on flagship work (1,000-plus passenger tests and accessibility design across 14 screen types on Cathay Pacific), plus multiple international design awards.
- •600-plus staff across 8 offices in 4 countries (Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Seinajoki, Amsterdam, Lisbon, New York, Tokyo), with 30% of employees over 13 years tenure for continuity on long programs.
⚠ Watch-outs
- •Most published cases emphasize awards, traffic volumes and engineering performance over usability research findings; ask for the research artifacts, testing methods and before-and-after UX metrics behind a comparable project.
- •Reaktor positions as a full-lifecycle strategy-design-engineering-AI consultancy, so confirm how much of the proposed team is dedicated UX/design versus engineering and strategy before committing.
- •No public rates are listed and engagements appear consultancy-scale; request a staffing plan and budget range early to confirm fit for a design-led rather than transformation-scale scope.
Service coverage
Where each agency overlaps and where each is unique.
Only Futurice
- •UX & Product Design
- •Service Design
- •AI & Data Product Development
Both
None.
Only Reaktor
- •User-Centric Design
- •Digital Product Consulting
- •Data & AI Services
Industry coverage
Where each agency overlaps and where each is unique.
Pricing math
Estimated cost of a typical 12-week senior engagement (~480 hours), at each agency's published rate.
Futurice
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Reaktor
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Pricing is comparable between the two — choose based on specialization rather than cost.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has more FinTech experience, Futurice or Reaktor?
- Both agencies publish FinTech case studies. Futurice has the broader industry stack overall, with disclosed experience in Automotive, AI/ML beyond their shared focus.
- Which scores higher overall, Futurice or Reaktor?
- Both score equally well overall (63.5/100). The deciding factor is specialization — see the editorial quotes and Strengths sections above. Full methodology.
- When should I consider both Futurice and Reaktor?
- Consider running parallel discovery briefs with Futurice and Reaktor if your project spans multiple workstreams, you want competitive proposals to compare scope and approach, or you're undecided between the specialization angles each brings (see the Best for cards above). Most engagements ultimately go with one — but the parallel-brief phase is a low-cost way to validate fit.
Read the full reviews
Side-by-side comparison is a starting point. The full editorial reviews include portfolio analysis, case studies, and the buyer-strength / watch-out detail behind the bullets above.
Comparison last updated May 30, 2026. Most recently reviewed: Futurice on May 30, 2026. How we rank