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Funding for your digital project

Did you know digitalisation projects are subsidised in Austria — in Vienna with 25 to 50 %, in the other federal states depending on the programme? Online booking, reservations, digital colleagues, calendar and invoicing integration — much of it is eligible if the application is filed before the project starts. A website alone rarely is. We check whether your project fits and accompany the application — for businesses anywhere in Austria. You pay only once the grant is approved.

We take care of it: funding check, project and digitalisation plan, application and proof. The first step is the form below — every request gets a number and is answered from hello@a2digitalworks.com.

As of 5 October 2026

Request a funding check Or write to hello@a2digitalworks.com

The programmes that matter for small businesses — in Vienna and across Austria

Vienna Business Agency — "Lebendiges Grätzl"

Rate
25 % of project costs (35 % in target areas and for vacant premises)
Minimum size
project costs from € 7,500
Maximum
up to € 20,000 per company
Who
Micro and small enterprises based in Vienna (under 50 employees), founders included.
What is funded
Measures for the shop or premises — explicitly including digitalisation: ordering and inventory systems, process digitalisation, AI, cloud solutions, data security.
Deadlines
Submission 1 March – 31 December 2026; the project must not have started before submission.

Fits: website + Buddys + a process (bookings, reservations, invoicing) from roughly € 7,500 net.

Programme page ↗

Vienna Business Agency — "Digitalisierung"

Rate
up to 50 % of eligible costs
Minimum size
eligible costs from € 10,000
Maximum
up to € 50,000
Who
SMEs with a Vienna site for at least one year.
What is funded
Digitalisation of business processes based on a documented digitalisation plan — customer management, ordering, billing, logistics. Standard software or hardware alone is not funded.
Deadlines
Programme runs until 31 December 2026; apply before the project starts; submission dates per the agency.

Fits: larger projects — several Buddys, calendar, CRM and invoicing integration, from roughly € 10,000 net.

Programme page ↗

KMU.DIGITAL (federal / aws, Austria-wide)

Rate
consulting 50–80 %, implementation up to 30 %
Minimum size
implementation projects from € 2,000
Maximum
up to € 9,000 in total
Who
SMEs across Austria.
What is funded
Consulting (status and potential analysis, strategy) and implementation of digitalisation projects — websites with process automation, booking systems, CRM, e-commerce, SEO.
Deadlines
The 2026 budget is fully exhausted — no applications are possible at present. According to the funding body the initiative ends after 2026.

Not usable at present — for small projects the state programmes below are what counts now.

Programme page ↗

Funding by federal state

Funding for digitalisation is a matter for the federal states, and the programmes differ widely: in the rate, in the minimum size and above all in what counts as digitalisation. Budgets are often used up within weeks — we check the current status before every application.

A website alone is funded almost nowhere. What gets funded is whatever takes work off your hands: online booking with a calendar, enquiry and ordering systems, Buddys, data integration. That is why we plan funded projects from the work, not from the page.

Viennaopen until 31 Dec 2026

Lebendiges Grätzl · Digitalisierung — Vienna Business Agency

Micro and small businesses: 25 % (35 % in target areas), costs from € 7,500, up to € 20,000. Businesses with a digitalisation plan: up to 50 %, costs from € 10,000, up to € 50,000. Details in the cards above.

Programme page ↗

Lower Austriaopen · limited budget

digi4Wirtschaft “digi Investition: data” — State of Lower Austria, WKNÖ

20 % of costs, from € 5,000, up to € 25,000. For projects that bring business data into daily operations: automation, interfaces, analysis. A website or web shop alone is excluded; the business must have operated in Lower Austria for at least two years. Submission since 1 October 2026.

Programme page ↗

Upper Austriauntil 2 Nov 2026 · budget tight

DIGITAL.PLUS 26 — WKOÖ, State of Upper Austria

35 % of costs, up to € 7,000, project from € 12,000. Process automation, data and AI, IT security — no digital marketing, no standard software. On 21 September three quarters of the budget had been allocated.

Programme page ↗

Styriaopen

Lebens!Nah — SFG

30 %, up to € 2,500, from € 3,000 project volume — for retail, trades and service providers with mainly private customers. Explicitly names the first website or the first online shop.

Programme page ↗

Carinthiaopen until 31 Dec 2026

Umsetzung.KI — KWF

30 %, up to € 10,000, project from € 10,000. Developing and introducing AI applications with external experts — for example a Buddy for enquiries and appointments.

Programme page ↗

Vorarlbergask for budget status

GO.DIGITAL — Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce

Consulting 50 % up to € 1,000, then implementation 20 % up to € 6,000 on software and programming (project € 3,000–30,000). Implementation only after funded consulting.

Programme page ↗

Salzburgnone at present

No open state programme

The state’s digitalisation offensive ended on 31 December 2025; no successor programme had been published at the reference date.

Programme page ↗

Tyrolnone at present

No state programme for small projects

The digital.tirol SME funding has ended. For genuine innovation projects there is “Innovation in KMU” (40–50 %, up to € 15,000–40,000 depending on company size).

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Burgenlandnone at present

No open state programme

“Burgenland Digital” (30 %, up to € 6,000) has not accepted applications since 31 January 2026.

Programme page ↗

As of 5 October 2026, our own review of the funding bodies, without guarantee. Grants are always awarded by the funding body; programmes, budgets and deadlines change. The application must always be filed before the project starts.

How it works with us

  1. Funding checkYou describe in two minutes what you have in mind. Within two business days we tell you which programme fits and what is realistic — no obligation.
  2. Project and digitalisation planWe write the plan the agency wants to see: starting point, measures, costs, benefit. It is the same work we do for your project anyway.
  3. Application togetherYou submit — we prepare everything and sit beside you while filling it in. Important: the project starts only after submission.
  4. Delivery and proofAfter approval we build. Invoices, payment proofs and the final report come in the form the agency needs.

What it costs

The funding check is free of obligation. For the application service we agree a fixed success fee on the approved grant in advance — due only once the approval is there. If nothing is approved, you pay nothing for the service.

Honestly

  • The agency decides on a grant, not we. We promise clean preparation, not approval.
  • This page is a summary as of 5 October 2026, without guarantee — the linked programme documents are authoritative.
  • Small projects under roughly € 7,500 usually fall below the minimum thresholds. Then we say so — and you still get our offer with the 30 % new-customer advantage.

Request a funding check

Yes, we do this — we check whether your project is eligible, write the plan, prepare the application and deliver the proof. The first step is this form. Two minutes for you, two business days for us.

  • A request with a numberEvery request gets a number right away and is tracked as a case on our side — nothing gets lost.
  • Confirmation from hello@Within a few minutes you receive a confirmation from hello@a2digitalworks.com. Reply to it and it lands directly with us.
  • Assessment within two business daysWhich programme fits and what is realistic — no obligation, the check is free.
  • Please do not start yetDo not commission anything before the application is filed — otherwise the grant is gone.

Prefer e-mail? hello@a2digitalworks.com — subject “Funding check”.

Planned scope
When should it start?
No obligation — the check is free.