These are the 8 agencies in the directory closest to Forgd on category, industries, stack, team size and starting price, most similar first.
Forgd ranks #2 in Claude Partners. It quotes on request. Its best fit, in our words: A private equity firm, portfolio company or insurer that wants Claude adopted across teams by a partner that works with nothing else.
Best forA small or midsize business that wants Claude set up, connected to its systems and taught to its staff by a firm that does nothing else.
Also ranked in Claude Partners; both build on Claude, Claude Code and Cowork.
Top choice
Shannon Advisory suits a small or midsize business that wants Claude set up, connected to its systems and taught to its staff by a partner that works with nothing else.
The main cautionFounded in 2026, with no outside reviews on any platform.
HQ
United States
Team
11-50
Pricing
UndisclosedDirectory figures only: Anthropic's partner directory lists budgets from under $25,000 up to $100,000; no prices are published on its own site. Each engagement is quoted after a free call, at a fixed scope and price.
Best forA healthcare or mid-market company that wants an aging system rebuilt with Claude Code, or its teams trained on Claude.
Also ranked in Claude Partners; both build on Claude, Claude Code and Cowork.
Blank Metal suits a healthcare or mid-market company that wants an aging application rebuilt with Claude Code, or its people trained on Claude by a team that uses it for most of its own engineering.
The main cautionFounded in 2025; the longer track record belongs to the founders' previous studio, GoKart Labs.
HQ
Minneapolis, United States
Team
11-50
Pricing
UndisclosedDirectory figures only: Anthropic's partner directory lists budgets from $25,000 to $100,000 and up; no prices are published on its own site.
Aptitude 8 suits a company that runs on HubSpot and wants Claude connected to its sales and marketing work by a partner that knows the CRM in depth.
The main cautionOne of its two Claude cases is for hapily, a company run by Aptitude 8's own CEO, and the case does not say so.
HQ
Chicago, United States
Team
11-50
Pricing
From $5kDirectory figures only: G2 shows revenue operations as a service from $5,000 a month and Clutch a $5,000 minimum at $150-$199 an hour; no prices are published on its own site.
Fast Slow Motion suits a small or mid-sized company on Salesforce or HubSpot that wants Claude connected to its CRM by a firm that already knows the CRM.
The main cautionG2 shows 0.5 from two reviews, one alleging slow, costly delivery and a billing dispute that went to legal threats.
HQ
Birmingham, United States
Team
51-200
Pricing
UndisclosedDirectory figures only: Anthropic's partner directory lists budgets from under $25,000; no prices are published on its own site.
Best forA company on AWS that wants Claude applications built on Amazon Bedrock by an established engineering consultancy.
Also ranked in Claude Partners; works with financial services firms; both build on Claude and Amazon Bedrock.
Loka suits a company already on AWS that wants Claude built into an application on Amazon Bedrock by a consultancy with twenty years of engineering behind it.
The main cautionClaude reaches clients only through Amazon Bedrock; no Claude Code or Claude Enterprise program is offered.
HQ
Los Altos, United States
Team
200+
Pricing
UndisclosedDirectory figures only: Anthropic's partner directory lists budgets from $25,000 to $100,000 and up; no prices are published on its own site. Workshops are offered with AWS funding.
Workiflow suits a firm that wants monday.com and an AI assistant rolled out together, with the price known before work starts.
The main cautionOne outside review in total, on Trustpilot; no Clutch profile or Google listing.
HQ
United States
Team
11-50
Pricing
From $1kPublishes prices on its own site: fixed monday.com packages from $1,250 (an AI audit) through onboarding at $2,500 to $10,000 and migrations at $3,500 and $8,000, project hours at $225 to $275, and managed retainers from $5,000 a month.
Best forCompanies already committed to AWS that want agentic systems built by a certified engineering team, rather than a standalone advisory engagement.
Also ranked in Claude Partners; works with financial services firms; both build on Amazon Bedrock.
If your platform decision is already made and it is AWS, Caylent is one of the better verified engineering choices here, with partner awards and a certification count that are difficult to manufacture and Anthropic partner status on top.
The main cautionOwned by Gryphon Investors, which also owns phData in this same category, so the two are not independent alternatives
HQ
Irvine, United States
Team
200+
Pricing
MixedOwn site names two engagement structures, time and materials and a capacity pod model; no rate or minimum is published
Best forA larger company that wants production agents built by forward-deployed engineers backed by a global consulting firm.
Also ranked in Claude Partners; both build on Claude, Claude Code and Amazon Bedrock.
Artium suits a larger company that wants production agents built by forward-deployed engineers, with a global consulting firm behind them.
The main cautionOne published case names Claude; its deeper agent work, such as eBay, is on OpenAI.
HQ
Santa Monica, United States
Team
51-200
Pricing
UndisclosedDirectory figures only: Anthropic's partner directory lists budgets from $100,000 to $500,000 and up; no prices are published on its own site.
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