This Tricity comparison covers Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. For on-site work, confirm the specific office rather than treating the three cities as one address. For remote delivery, relevant client references and a clear delivery model matter more than the city label. The data set contains 68 companies with an office or listing here; 31 meet the ranking criteria. Sources: Clutch profiles, KRS records, available financial statements and job listings.
Best for: Enterprises that want a large, multi-country delivery partner for AI, data or platform work under procurement-grade contracts.
Verdict. Take Ciklum when you are an enterprise buying capacity and process across countries. A startup MVP is too small for it and will not be a priority.
Pros
Net profit of 3,900,000 PLN in 2025 on 102,200,000 PLN revenue. (2026-10-28 · source)
Clutch rating of 4.8/5 from 7 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
AI-enabled engineeringProduct discovery and UX/UIProcess automation and conversational AICloud and DevOpsData platforms and analyticsIoT and embeddedNode.jsTypeScriptAWSJava
Homepage of www.ciklum.com, screenshot taken October 28, 2026. Content and marks belong to Ciklum.
Software development partner building cloud-native custom software, rescuing legacy platforms, offering team augmentation, LLM/RAG data processing and Jira apps.
Mobile and web product developmentProduct designAI services and agentic workflowsAgentic commerceAI-enhanced product discoveryTypeScriptJavaScriptReactScalaNode.js
Homepage of framna.com, screenshot taken October 28, 2026. Content and marks belong to Framna Poland.
Best for: Manufacturers and industrial firms that need AI for technical drawings, quoting or quality control, or IoT systems on cloud infrastructure such as AWS.
Verdict. Pick DAC.digital for AI or IoT work in manufacturing where certifications and industrial references matter. Skip it for a consumer app or a simple website.
Pros
Net profit of 836,600 PLN in 2025 on 10,800,000 PLN revenue. (2026-11-13 · source)
Clutch rating of 5/5 from 10 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
AI for technical drawings and CAD analysisAI quoting and estimatingAgentic document automationAI quality control and defect detectionIoT and embedded systemsDedicated backend teams and DevOpsPythonReactAI
Best for: SaaS scale-ups and enterprises that want UX/UI and product design, design systems or a Webflow or Framer site from a studio with many reviews.
Verdict. Take Widelab for product design, a design system or a marketing site for a SaaS company. Skip it if you mainly need backend engineering or a single vendor for a complex build.
Pros
Net profit of 8,100,000 PLN in 2025 on 23,500,000 PLN revenue. (2026-11-13 · source)
Clutch rating of 4.9/5 from 86 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
The contact page lists an office in Gdańsk. (2026-10-30 · source)
Cons
GoWork records 2 positive and 8 negative reviews. These are user opinions, not independently established events. (2026-11-13 · source)
Projects & technologies
Source observations
The home page claims over 300 products, brands and websites designed and still running, and says 80% of clients stay for years (source).
Case studies include CloudKitchens, Traba, Hopin, Trolley and Founderpath, and the client list names Fitch Ratings, OLX, WeWork and Circle K (source).
The site lists an office in Olivia Four, Grunwaldzka 472b, Gdańsk, plus Webflow Enterprise and Framer Professional partnerships (source).
Clutch shows 4.9 from 86 reviews, founded 2018, $50 to $99 per hour and a $5,000 minimum, with communication, quality and on-time delivery as the top themes (source).
A few Clutch reviews mention confusing invoicing, thin documentation and aggressive initial timelines, and one reviewer rated the firm 1.5 over project management and billing (source).
Company states over 300 clients and 30+ countries (source)
Best for: Polish mid-size companies that want back-office processes automated with RPA and Power Platform at a fixed price.
Verdict. Call Pirxon for a fixed-scope automation project. Its employee reviews are the worst in this batch, so write named people and team continuity into the contract.
Pros
Net profit of 414,800 PLN in 2025 on 6,300,000 PLN revenue. (2026-10-28 · source)
Clutch rating of 4.9/5 from 17 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
Best for: Teams running JVM, Scala or Akka backends that need senior specialists to scale, migrate or add AI features.
Verdict. Call Scalac first if your backend runs on Scala or Akka. For a new AI product, compare others first because of the 2025 loss and the fresh pivot.
Pros
Clutch rating of 4.8/5 from 23 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
Best for: Small online stores and brands that need a WordPress, WooCommerce or Shopify site backed by UX research.
Verdict. Choose Codeq for a Shopify or WordPress store where UX matters. Skip it for a SaaS, an internal system or a mobile app.
Pros
Net profit of 37,000 PLN in 2025 on 566,100 PLN revenue. (2026-10-28 · source)
Clutch rating of 5/5 from 18 client reviews. (2026-10-28 · source)
Polish legal entity record available in KRS: 0000946446. (2026-10-28 · source)
Projects & technologies
Source observations
The site claims 12 years of market experience, while the company in KRS dates from 2022 (source).
The site claims 10+ specialists and pictures nine people, including three co-owners (source).
Codeq builds websites and online stores and does not offer custom software (source).
The site publishes its payment schedules, which few studios do (source).
Codeq presents itself as a software house specialising in Shopify, WordPress, WooCommerce and Webflow, turning websites into sales and communication tools. (source)
Body leasing, product companies and other services 4
Renting people into someone else’s team is a different service from delivering a project. A product company, a marketing agency or an SAP partner does not sell software projects either. They are in the full table with a label.
Seargin
Idego Group
Efisco
JSD Solutions
On the city’s Clutch list, but based elsewhere 1
Clutch shows them on this city’s page, but KRS records and the data set do not confirm an office here. They count in the ranking of the city where their office is confirmed, if this site has one.
Seven Bison
Ranked 11th and below 21
They qualify but score lower. Their full rows are in the table below; the gap between 10th and 15th is often a few points.
Neoteric
Coblit
DeSmart · Gdynia
SPEEDNET
Devopsity · Gdynia
Yameo
Pirxey
Nextrope
DevBrother
FNX Group
DLabs.AI
gmi.software
+ 9 more in the full table
Too little client evidence, under 10 people, sole traders 32
Without 5 Clutch reviews or 2M PLN of revenue in a filing there is no fair way to compare a company with the rest. That is a data gap, not a verdict.
Alekseon · Gdynia
Studio Brothers
Net PC
thegoodcode
JMB Lab
Peersoft
Foundevs
Inero Software
LansoftDev
Lighthouse growth
Z3X
ATOMICUS
+ 20 more in the full table
What they charge
On Clutch, agencies with an office in Gdańsk and the Tricity most often declare 50 to 99 USD an hour. 0 positions on the city list were paid placements or “serves the city” entries from abroad, usually at 25 to 49 USD. The rate is what the agency bills; the developer on your project is paid less than half of it.
For comparison, my own rate is 36 to 54 USD an hour (45 USD base, pricing). The cost estimator shows what a project like yours costs with and without coding agents.
25-49 USD/h16
50-99 USD/h42
100-149 USD/h5
150-199 USD/h0
Rates declared on Clutch, 63 companies with an office in the city.
Check any agency yourself in 10 minutes
Find the legal entity in the National Court Register: the seat, the share capital and the shareholders. An office here with a seat in another city is a sales office, not a team.
Read the last financial statement in the Financial Documents Repository (free, by KRS number): revenue, profit or loss, and whether it was filed on time.
Check the VAT white list: active, and the name matches the contract.
On the Clutch list hover over the company link; a link through ppc.clutch.co is an ad. Then read the reviews themselves.
On GoWork read the employee reviews, not the stars, and look for layoffs and rotation.
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Questions
What are the best software houses in Gdańsk and the Tricity in 2027?
By the score on this page: 1. Ciklum (90), 2. SolDevelo (85), 3. Framna Poland (84), 4. DAC.digital (81), 5. INNOKREA (77). The score adds up transparency in the court register, client reviews on Clutch, profit and stability in the latest filing, specialization and current hiring. The full table shows every company in the data set.
How much does a software house in Gdańsk and the Tricity cost?
Most agencies with an office in Gdańsk and the Tricity declare 50 to 99 USD an hour on Clutch, with minimum projects from 5,000 to 25,000 USD. My own rate as a senior engineer working with AI agents is 36 to 54 USD an hour.
Why is a well-known agency not in the top 10?
The full table shows every company with its score. Known names drop when the last filing shows a loss, when Clutch reviews are few, or when the company rents people instead of delivering projects. A registered seat in another city does not itself determine the size or role of the local office.
Did any company pay to be on this list?
No. There are no paid placements and no affiliate links. The only business interest is mine: I sell senior engineering as the alternative to an agency.
How often is the data updated?
Every entry shows the date each source was checked. The plan is a full refresh every quarter.
Can I get my company added or corrected?
Yes. Write to ciunkos@gmail.com with the KRS number and the correction.
How this ranking was made
1,443companies in the data set
990with KRS records
712with a financial statement
7,436Clutch listing records
707employee review profiles on GoWork
Sources: Clutch profiles and listings, KRS records, available financial statements from rejestr.io and the Financial Documents Repository, GoWork reviews, JustJoin.it and No Fluff Jobs listings, and the Wrocław company catalog. Coverage varies by company; dates and links accompany the available records. The 0 to 100 score combines six axes: transparency, client reputation, stability, specialization, activity and hiring in the last 90 days. Paid Clutch placements do not increase the score.
Disclosures
Until November 2026 I work at Sanddev (Wrocław) as the founding engineer of its Sandtime product. Sanddev appears in the full table with the same score as everyone else and no editorial favor.
No agency pays for a position, there are no affiliate links. If any of that changes, the disclosure changes first.
My business interest is on every page: I sell senior engineering with AI agents as the alternative to hiring an agency.
Written with AI (Claude) from the data set. Every number in the editorial text is checked automatically against the company record or the research notes, source links and dates accompany the available company records.
Przemysław Zalewski, a senior full-stack engineer in Wrocław with 15+ years of shipping software. I build with coding agents, work with clients in the US and the UK, and I sell the alternative to the agencies on this list.
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