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Thoughtworks brings enterprise consulting rigor. Cloudrix brings the same senior talent without the overhead of a 12,000-person organization.
Get Free Consultation| Feature | Cloudrix | Thoughtworks |
|---|---|---|
| Company Size | Boutique (focused, agile) | 12,000+ employees (slow, layered) |
| Engagement Minimum | €15,000 project / 1 engineer | €200K+ (typically 5+ person teams) |
| Decision Speed | Founder-led, decisions in hours | Multiple layers of management |
| Engineer Seniority | Senior-only (5+ years) | Mixed (often junior-heavy teams) |
| EU Focus | Exclusively EU companies | Global focus |
| AI/ML Services | RAG, LLM integration, AI agents | AI consulting (more strategic) |
| Pricing | €8,500/mo per engineer | €15-25K/mo per consultant |
| Contract Flexibility | Month-to-month | 6-12 month minimum |
| Overhead | Zero — direct engineering only | Project managers, engagement leads, etc. |
| Technology Agnostic |
Large consultancies like Thoughtworks bake bench costs into your rate. You're paying for engineers sitting between projects. Cloudrix has zero bench — you pay for productive engineering hours only.
At Thoughtworks, you talk to account managers and engagement leads. At Cloudrix, you talk directly to the engineers building your product. Faster communication, fewer misunderstandings.
Thoughtworks tends to recommend 5-10 person teams. We often solve the same problems with 2-3 senior engineers. Smaller teams move faster and cost less.
Thoughtworks sells their methodology and tools. We adopt YOUR processes. We join your Jira, follow your PR workflow, and use your CI/CD pipeline. Zero disruption to your existing workflow.
For projects that need 2-5 senior engineers — absolutely. Thoughtworks' advantage is at the 20+ person program level. For most European mid-market companies, Cloudrix delivers the same quality at 40-60% lower cost.
Yes, but we right-size the team. Where Thoughtworks might propose 10 consultants, we typically deliver the same outcomes with 3-4 senior engineers. Less overhead, faster delivery.
Thoughtworks has excellent technical content and the Technology Radar. But methodology doesn't write code. Our engineers bring the same caliber of thinking without the consulting framework overhead.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. No sales pitch — just an honest conversation about what your project needs and whether we're the right fit.