Lindy Review
Reviewed by Carlos Gil · Founder & Editor, The Best Network
Updated 5 min readEditorially reviewed
Quick facts
- Starting price
- Free ($50 in credits for 7 days); Team from $49.99/user/mo
- Free plan
- Yes
- Best for
- Founders and small teams who want an assistant that handles email, meetings and follow-ups from Slack
- Platforms
- Web app, Slack, iMessage and SMS, Chrome extension for Gmail
BestStacked Score
Weighted average of 5 categories. Methodology below.
Quick answer
Is Lindy worth it in 2026?
Lindy is an AI teammate that lives mainly in Slack, with a private Lindy in each person's messages and a shared one in channels. It labels and drafts email, records and summarises meetings, preps you for calls, schedules, and runs routines on a schedule or when an email, Slack message or meeting happens. It's worth it for founders and small teams who want help with inbox and meeting work without building automations. Lindy bills every active user, from $49.99 a month for 5,000 credits on its pricing page, though its homepage and the same page's metadata still say $29.99. A free start gives $50 in credits for 7 days with no card. Prices were checked on October 13, 2026.
- Best for
- Founders and small teams that live in Slack and email and want an assistant to triage, draft, record and follow up.
- Skip it if
- You want to build custom multi-step agents with unlimited seats; Gumloop or Zapier fit that better.
- Strongest capability
- Reach: Lindy works from Slack DMs, channels, iMessage, SMS and inside Gmail, with 1,000+ integrations and MCP.
- Biggest limitation
- Guardrails and pricing clarity. Approval rules apply only in shared Slack threads, per Lindy's docs, and its pages disagree on price and plan names.
The Verdict
Lindy has repositioned from an agent builder to an AI teammate built around Slack. It drafts email in your voice, flags urgent messages by text, records Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls, preps meetings, and runs routines on schedules or events, and it can drive a browser for tasks that need one. Setup is light: connect your inbox, calendar and Slack and talk to it. The weak points are guardrails and clarity. Lindy's pricing FAQ says it won't act without your approval, but its integration docs say approval rules apply only in shared Slack threads, not in the web app, Slack DMs, iMessage or SMS. Pricing is per active user in credits, and on October 13, 2026 Lindy's pages showed both $49.99 and $29.99 as the starting price and used two sets of plan names. Purchases are non-refundable. We score Lindy 8.2/10.
Best for
Founders and small teams who want an inbox, meeting and Slack assistant without building workflows.
Skip if
You need strict approval controls in every channel, flat pricing, or a builder for custom agents.
The Background
What Is Lindy?
Lindy is made by Crivello Corp, doing business as Lindy, registered in Beaverton, Oregon; its founder and CEO is Flo Crivello. In August 2025 it launched Lindy 3.0 with an Agent Builder and computer use. Its current product, described in its docs as an AI teammate, is built around Slack: each person gets a private Lindy in their direct messages and teams can share one in channels. Lindy also works over iMessage and SMS and through a Chrome extension inside Gmail. Its public changelog stops at October 2025, so the 2026 relaunch is documented in its help docs rather than in dated announcements.
The Product
Lindy Features: What You Actually Get
Email assistant
Lindy labels incoming email, drafts replies in your voice and saves them to your drafts folder, texts you about urgent messages, and bumps threads that need a follow-up. Lindy's pricing page says you can connect 2 to 5 inboxes depending on plan.
A founder wakes up to drafted replies for investor emails and a text about one urgent customer message.
Meetings and scheduling
Lindy records and transcribes Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls into a shared library, prepares briefs before meetings, sends a daily brief and handles scheduling.
A sales lead gets a brief on each prospect before calls and a summary with action items after.
Routines
Routines run daily, weekly or monthly, or when an email is received or sent, a Slack message arrives, a calendar event starts or a meeting ends. A plain-language Smart Filter narrows event triggers, and a routine can be converted to a Python script. Workspace routines are admin-only.
An ops manager has Lindy post a Monday summary of open customer issues to a Slack channel.
Computer use
Lindy can drive a browser like a person for tasks without an integration. Its pages disagree on the plan: the pricing page lists computer use in Team and also says it's on Pro and Max; the homepage says Pro and up.
A recruiter asks Lindy to look up candidates on a job board that has no API and add them to a sheet.
Approvals and spend caps
Each tool can be set to always allow, require approval or not be offered. Lindy's docs say these rules apply in shared Slack threads only; web chat, Slack DMs, iMessage and SMS aren't guarded. Admins can set a monthly credit cap per person, though a running task can finish and go over.
A team requires approval before Lindy sends email from a shared channel, and caps each person's monthly credits.
Feature recap
- Email triage, drafting and follow-up bumps
- Meeting recording, briefs and scheduling
- Routines on schedules and email, Slack or calendar events
- Works in Slack, iMessage, SMS and inside Gmail
- Computer use for browser tasks
- 1,000+ integrations and MCP servers
- Per-tool approval rules in shared Slack threads
The Numbers
Lindy Pricing: Every Plan Explained
Lindy bills every active user in your workspace and pools credits across the team. Prices below are from Lindy's pricing page as served on October 13, 2026, in USD; a credit is worth $0.01 on base plans, according to Lindy's docs.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Included Features | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | $50 in credits that last 7 days, no credit card | Trying Lindy |
| TeamBest value | From $49.99/user | No annual price published | 5,000 credits a month per user (higher tiers from 6,000 for $59.99 to 1,750,000 for $9,999.50), pooled credits, top-ups at $10 per 1,000, model choice, computer use, live onboarding | Founders and small teams |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom credits and billing, HIPAA with a signed BAA, SSO and SCIM, audit logs, dedicated support and enablement | Companies with compliance needs |
Lindy's pricing page gives credit ranges by task: everyday asks 2 to 250 credits, deep work 250 to 1,000 and big builds 1,000 to 2,500, so 5,000 credits can go quickly on heavy research or browser tasks. When credits run out, Lindy pauses credit-using actions until they reset rather than billing an overage; monthly credits don't roll over, while top-up credits last until used. A five-person team on the entry tier pays about $250 a month (our arithmetic from the $49.99 rate). Upgrades apply immediately and downgrades at the end of the term, with no mid-cycle proration. Lindy's terms (September 24, 2026) say all purchases are non-refundable, payments recur without prior approval, and prices may change at any time.
Read before you buy
Lindy's pages show two prices and two sets of plan names
Starting price: the pricing page served on October 13, 2026 says Team starts at $49.99 a month for 5,000 credits per user, while the same page's search description, the homepage FAQ and BestStacked's earlier check that day showed $29.99 for 3,000 credits. Confirm the price at checkout.
Plan names: the pricing page shows Free, Team and Enterprise, while Lindy's docs and homepage refer to Plus, Pro and Max plans. Computer use and live onboarding are listed in Team on the pricing page but described as Pro-and-up features elsewhere.
Approvals: the pricing FAQ answers 'Will Lindy do anything without my approval?' with 'No', while the integrations docs say approval rules apply only in shared Slack threads, not in web chat, Slack DMs, iMessage or SMS.
Other differences: Lindy claims 1,000+, 1,400+ and 1,500+ integrations on different pages, and calls itself 'HIPAA compliant' in its docs while its security page says its controls are mapped to HIPAA requirements; a signed BAA is Enterprise only.
The Tradeoffs
Lindy Pros and Cons
What we love
- Works where you already are: Slack, email, iMessage, SMS
- Email drafting, meeting notes and scheduling in one assistant
- Routines on schedules and events without building flows
- Credits pause instead of billing overages
- $50 of free credits with no card
- SOC 2 Type II; Lindy says it doesn't train on your data
What could be better
- Every active user is billed
- Its pages show $29.99 and $49.99 starting prices
- Approval rules apply only in shared Slack threads
- Monthly credits don't roll over
- All purchases are non-refundable
- Public changelog stops at October 2025
The Audience
Who Should Use Lindy?
Best for: busy founders
A founder buried in email and meetings gets drafted replies, meeting briefs and follow-ups, managed from Slack or a text message.
Best for: small teams in Slack
Teams can share a Lindy in a channel and set approval rules there, with pooled credits across members.
Skip if: you need strict controls everywhere
If an assistant must never send or change anything without sign-off, note that Lindy's approval rules don't cover DMs, iMessage or SMS.
The Methodology
How We Reviewed Lindy
This is an editorial review, not a documented hands-on test. We didn't use a Lindy account for this review. It's based on Lindy's pricing page (read in a browser and as served HTML), homepage, integrations, security and privacy pages, terms of service, help docs on pricing, billing, usage caps, routines, setup, meetings, iMessage, integrations and MCP, its changelog and the Lindy 3.0 announcement, all checked on October 13, 2026. Where Lindy's pages differ, we report both statements. No time-saving or accuracy results are claimed.
Our editorial evaluation considers product information, official documentation, pricing, features and professional experience. It is not a claim of documented hands-on testing.
Our review methodology →What changed
- : First published. Editorial review based on Lindy's pricing page, homepage, integrations, security and privacy pages, terms, help docs and changelog, all checked October 13, 2026. Sub-scores are provisional pending editorial approval.
The Field
Lindy vs The Competition
Lindy competes with agent builders on automation and with AI assistants on everyday help. Prices below were checked on each vendor's pricing page on October 13, 2026.
| Tool | Starting Price | Free plan | Best Feature | BS Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindy | Free ($50 in credits for 7 days); Team from $49.99/user/mo | Yes | Email assistant | 8.2/10 |
| Gumloop | Pro from $37/mo (20,000 credits) | No | Custom agents with unlimited seats | 8.4/10 |
| Zapier | Free (100 tasks); Professional $19.99/mo billed annually ($29.99 monthly) | Yes | Largest app catalog | 9.4/10 |
| ChatGPT Business | $20/user/mo billed annually ($25 monthly), 2+ users | No | Workspace agents with connectors | 9.1/10 |
| Motion | Pro AI $19/seat/mo billed annually ($29 monthly) | No | AI calendar and task planning | Not yet reviewed |
Gumloop: Gumloop is a builder for custom agents with per-connector approvals and unlimited seats on Pro. Lindy is a ready-made assistant priced per user.Read our Gumloop review →
Zapier: Zapier is better for trigger-based automations across thousands of apps, with a free plan. Lindy is better as a conversational assistant for inbox and meetings.Read our Zapier review →
ChatGPT Business: ChatGPT Business includes workspace agents that can run on schedules and in Slack. Lindy is more focused on email and meetings out of the box.Read our ChatGPT Business review →
Motion: Motion plans your calendar and tasks with AI credits per seat. BestStacked hasn't reviewed Motion.
In The Wild
How People Actually Use Lindy
A solo founder
Start with the $50 free credits for 7 days, connect your inbox and calendar, and see how many credits a typical week uses before choosing a Team tier.
A five-person startup in Slack
Share a Lindy in a team channel, set approval rules for email and CRM tools there, and cap credits per person. Remember DMs aren't covered by approval rules.
A team that needs HIPAA
Lindy offers a signed BAA only on Enterprise. Ask sales for the BAA and SOC 2 report before connecting patient data.
The Ecosystem
Lindy Integrations
Lindy claims more than 1,000 integrations and connects to remote MCP servers.
- →Gmail and Outlook
- →Slack and Microsoft Teams
- →Google Meet, Zoom and Teams (meeting recording)
- →Notion, Google Drive and GitHub
- →HubSpot and Salesforce
- →Zendesk, Intercom and Stripe
- →Remote MCP servers (OAuth, bearer token or custom header)
Lindy can store API keys you provide so it can call other services, but we didn't find a documented public Lindy API. Integration counts differ across Lindy's pages (1,000+, 1,400+, 1,500+).
Common Questions
Lindy FAQ
The Final Word
Should You Use Lindy?
Lindy is an easy way to put an AI assistant on your inbox, calendar and meetings, reachable from Slack or a text message, with routines that run without building flows. Check two things before relying on it: where approval rules actually apply in your setup, and the price at checkout, since Lindy's pages showed two different starting prices on the day we checked. We score Lindy 8.2/10.
Yes, if
You want an assistant for email, meetings and follow-ups that works from Slack, email or iMessage.
No, if
You need approvals in every channel, predictable per-seat pricing, or a builder for custom agents.
About the reviewer
Carlos Gil
Founder & Editor, The Best Network
Carlos Gil is the bestselling author of The End of Marketing, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and founder of The Best Network. He brings 15+ years in marketing to practical reviews of AI, SaaS, email marketing, creator, and ecommerce software.
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