Tenex vs Leanware
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Tenex vs XRAY vs Tribe AI: 11 Best AI Consulting Firms in New York (2026) and XRAY vs Flow Digital vs Connex: 11 Best AI Automation Agencies in the USA (2026). Last verified November 1, 2026.
The short answer
Tenex ranks higher on Top 11 (#1 vs #6) for Chief executives, chief operating officers and founders of New York companies, technology companies first, who are weighing an AI consulting firm, a forward deployed engineer or an AI operations specialist because a pilot has stalled, systems do not talk to each other, or the board wants an AI plan. / Owners and chief executives of United States companies of roughly 5 to 250 people who have decided to hire an agency to automate work with Zapier, Make, n8n or AI agents, and want to compare real firms on price and proof before booking calls.. Engineers in New York, paid per feature shipped, with mid-market firms as half the book.
At a glance
| Tenex | Leanware | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #1 / Tenex vs XRAY vs Tribe AI: 11 Best AI Consulting Firms in New York (2026) | #6 / XRAY vs Flow Digital vs Connex: 11 Best AI Automation Agencies in the USA (2026) |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 8.1 | 7 |
| Best for | Mid-market firms that want engineers, paid per feature shipped | Firms that have outgrown no code agents |
| Pricing | $$$ (no figure published; engineering sold as outcome based, subscription style squads, paid for features delivered rather than hours) | $$$ (Sprint 0 fixed at $5,000 to $15,000 over two to four weeks; support from $1,682 a month for 42 hours; a dedicated engineer from about $6,000 a month) |
| HQ | New York, NY | Bogota, Colombia, serving US and Canadian clients |
| Founded | — | 2020 |
Tenex
Engineers in New York, paid per feature shipped, with mid-market firms as half the book.
www.tenex.co/See full entry in Tenex vs XRAY vs Tribe AI: 11 Best AI Consulting Firms in New York (2026)
Leanware
Custom AI agents with a fixed price sprint first, built from Bogota.
leanware.co/See full entry in XRAY vs Flow Digital vs Connex: 11 Best AI Automation Agencies in the USA (2026)
Methodology and scoring weights live at /methodology. No vendor pays for placement — see about.