When is SIMO a better fit than Databricks?

Databricks is a platform. Strategy, delivery and governance are your problem. We deliver both: the SIMOSphere AI platform and the strategy work around it. For mid-market clients without a 20-person data team, we ship production AI faster.

Why SIMO instead of Palantir Foundry?

Palantir requires multi-year seven-figure contracts and locks you into Foundry. SIMOSphere AI is LLM-agnostic, runs on-premise or in EU cloud, and you can switch vendors any time. For banks and insurers with data-sovereignty requirements, that is a critical difference.

SIMO or Big-Four (Deloitte, Accenture, KPMG)?

Big-Four brings brand and large teams. Typically these are partner-plus-junior pyramids where senior expertise disappears after the pitch. With us the CTO works on the project directly. You pay for actual senior hours, not for a pyramid markup.

What does a SIMO engagement cost compared to alternatives?

There are no public packages. We scope every engagement individually after the discovery call. Order of magnitude: well below Big-Four day rates, in line with specialist mid-market consultancies, with the platform license included.

Vendor Comparison

SIMO vs. Databricks, Palantir, Big-Four

When SIMO is the better choice and when it is not. An honest comparison for decision-makers in mid-market and enterprise.

SIMO compared to the giants, at a glance

Comparison at a glance

Criterion	SIMO GmbH	Databricks	Palantir Foundry	Snowflake	Big-Four
Model	Consulting + platform	Platform	Platform + engineering	Data warehouse	Consulting
Delivery	Founder-led, senior hours	Self-serve, customer success	Forward-deployed engineers	Self-serve	Partner-and-junior pyramid
LLM choice	Agnostic	Mosaic AI native	Foundry-bound	Cortex-bound	Client chooses
Hosting	On-prem / EU cloud / hybrid	AWS / Azure / GCP	Foundry cloud	Snowflake cloud	Client environment
GDPR / EU AI Act	Native, DE contract	Add-on, US contract	Add-on, US contract	Add-on, US contract	Compliance advice
Contract length	Quarterly retainer	1-3 years	Multi-year license	Consumption-based	Project-based
Scale	Mid-market to enterprise	Enterprise	Enterprise / government	Enterprise	Enterprise
Order of magnitude	Specialist day rate	6-7 figures p.a.	7 figures p.a.	Consumption-dependent	Big-Four day rate

When SIMO is the better choice

You need data sovereignty: on-premise, EU cloud or hybrid, without a US contract.
You do not have an in-house 20-person data team and want neither platform lock-in nor junior consultants.
You are in a regulated industry (banking, insurance, healthcare, public sector) with GDPR and EU AI Act obligations.
You want to choose your foundation model yourself, today and two years from now (Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, on-premise).
You want senior expertise with skin in the game, not a pitch deck followed by junior delivery.

When SIMO is not a fit

You want a self-serve SaaS tool without consulting. In that case Databricks or Snowflake is more direct.
You need big-brand cover for a politically sensitive project. Big-Four is likely the better fit.
You want a one-shot tool under EUR 5,000. We work on a retainer model.
Your project is primarily anchored in the US. You are better served by a local vendor.

Which option fits your situation?

Thirty-minute discovery call. We tell you honestly whether SIMO is the better choice than the alternatives, or not.

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