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Lindy

04 Automation

Yes for operators ready to staff specific roles with AI — Lindy's model (persistent 'Lindies' owning a job, not one-off tasks) matches how delegation actually works. At $49.99 to start, with no free tier anymore, it's priced above the experimentation tier; arrive with a job description, not curiosity.

The job in the stack

The AI-employee seat: persistent agents assigned to recurring business jobs — inbox triage, meeting notes, lead outreach — with hundreds of integrations.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Notes
Plus	$49.99/mo	Standard usage allowance, up to 2 inboxes. 7-day free trial, no card required
Pro	$99.99/mo	3x Plus usage, up to 3 inboxes
Max	$199.99/mo	7x Plus usage, up to 5 inboxes
Enterprise	custom	Custom usage and inbox allowances, security controls

Pricing verified 2026-07-12. Plans change — the source of truth is Lindy's own pricing page.

Models & versions

LindiesPersistent role-based agents with triggers, memory, and hundreds of app integrations

The honest read

What works

+Role-based framing — an agent that owns a job beats an agent that does tasks
+Deep integration catalog puts agents inside your real workflows
+Templates for common roles (inbox, meetings, outreach) shortcut setup

What breaks

−No free tier — the 7-day trial is the only test window before $49.99/mo
−Credit costs vary by task complexity — high-volume roles need cost modeling; phone numbers and calls meter extra
−Monthly billing only — no annual discount
−Outbound-facing agents (email, outreach) need tight approval leashes

Use it for

→Founders staffing their first AI roles: triage, scheduling, follow-up
→Sales ops automating outreach with human-approval gates
→Replacing a virtual-assistant line item with a supervised agent

Skip it if

×You want one-off task execution — Manus is shaped for that
×Your workflows are deterministic — n8n runs them cheaper and predictably

Questions operators ask

?What's the difference between Lindy and n8n agents?

n8n gives you the workshop — you build and own the automation logic. Lindy gives you the employee — a role-shaped agent with the plumbing pre-built. Builders save money with n8n; operators save time with Lindy.

What changed

2026-07-12Released from staging. Real drift on lindy.ai/pricing: the free build-and-test tier is gone (replaced by a 7-day trial) and the ladder is now Plus $49.99 / Pro $99.99 / Max $199.99, monthly billing only, usage-based rather than a flat 5,000-credit quota.
2026-07-06Added to the stack (AI-employee seat). Verified: Pro $49.99/mo with 5,000 credits; free build-and-test tier.

Give Lindy a job

The AI-employee seat: persistent agents assigned to recurring business jobs — inbox triage, meeting notes, lead outreach — with hundreds of integrations.

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