Lindy
Lindy · Slack-Native AI Teammate for Inbox, Meetings, and Cross-Tool Work
A Slack-native AI teammate that connects to your email, calendar, and work tools to manage inbox triage, meeting notes, scheduling, and follow-ups. Lets you delegate tasks in plain language across 1,000+ app integrations and MCP servers without building explicit automation workflows.
Best for
Individual professionals and small teams who want an AI assistant that works across their actual email, calendar, and CRM without building explicit automation flows
Not ideal for
Teams that need deterministic, logic-controlled workflow automation — Zapier, Make, or n8n are better fits for that use case
Who it's for
Professionals managing inbox overload, meeting follow-through, and calendar coordination who want automation without building explicit logic flows
Capabilities
- Inbox triage: labels, prioritizes, and drafts replies in your writing voice
- Meeting recording and notes: joins calls, generates summaries with extracted action items
- Pre-meeting briefs: pulls context from calendar and email history before meetings start
- Scheduling coordination: finds available times, sends invites, and handles rescheduling requests
- Post-meeting follow-ups: drafts and sends follow-up emails and task updates automatically
- Works in Slack threads and mentions, iMessage, and Gmail
- Editable workspace memory, 40+ built-in skills, and scheduled routines
- Human-in-the-loop approvals: Lindy drafts actions and waits for your confirmation before executing
- Computer use (all plans): Lindy can operate browser-based tools on your behalf
- 1,000+ app integrations plus MCP server support and model selection
Limitations
- No free plan — entry price is $29.99/user/month; only teammates who join through Slack get a free first week
- Up to 5 connected inboxes on every plan
- Natural language delegation is less predictable than explicit workflow logic — not suitable where deterministic execution is required
- Usage is metered in credits (3k/15k/35k per user/month); big tasks can use 1,000–2,500 credits each, and unused credits don't roll over
Use cases
- Triaging a high-volume inbox and drafting replies without writing each email manually
- Getting a context brief before a meeting based on calendar and email history
- Automatically taking notes and sending follow-up summaries after calls
- Scheduling meetings across multiple participants without back-and-forth email chains
- Delegating repetitive tasks — CRM updates, reminders, status emails — from Slack or iMessage
Our take
Lindy's value is that it does not ask you to learn a new automation paradigm — you describe what you want done and it works across your existing tools. The meeting workflow is particularly well-executed: a context brief before the meeting, live notes during it, and a follow-up draft after are a genuine time recovery for anyone running 5+ meetings a day. The limitation is that natural language delegation is less predictable than explicit automation logic, and $29.99 per user per month adds up across a team unless inbox and meeting overhead is genuinely costing people several hours per week. Credit-based usage also means heavy tasks can burn through a plan's allowance faster than expected.
Who should use it
Professionals with heavy inbox and meeting loads — sales executives, operations managers, recruiters, and anyone spending more than 2 hours a day on email and meeting follow-through — who want automation without building explicit workflows.
Who should skip it
Users who need predictable, deterministic automation with explicit conditional logic, or anyone on a tight budget where $29.99 per user per month is hard to justify without a clear ROI in saved time.
Strengths
- Works across your existing tools without defining trigger-action workflows
- Full meeting workflow: pre-meeting brief, live transcription and notes, action item extraction, and follow-up drafting
- Natural language delegation via Slack or iMessage — works from your phone without opening another app
- Human-in-the-loop approvals keep you in control without requiring manual execution of every task
- 1,000+ integrations plus MCP server support
- HIPAA compliance available on Enterprise tier for healthcare use cases
Weaknesses
- No free plan — $29.99/user/month is a meaningful commitment, and direct signups are billed immediately
- Natural language delegation is less reliable than deterministic workflow logic for time-critical automations
- Credit-based usage — heavy tasks can use 1,000–2,500 credits each, and unused credits don't roll over
Lindy pricing
Plus
$29.99/user/month
Billed monthly
- 3,000 credits per user/month
- Computer use, iMessage, meeting notes, up to 5 inboxes
- Scheduled routines, 40+ skills, model selection
- 1,000+ integrations and MCP support
Pro
$99.99/user/month
Billed monthly
- 15,000 credits per user/month (5x Plus)
- All Plus features
Max
$199.99/user/month
Billed monthly
- 35,000 credits per user/month (~12x Plus)
- All Pro features
Enterprise
Custom
- HIPAA compliance with signed BAA
- Shared usage pool and bonus credits
- Audit logs and dedicated support
- Onboarding and enablement
Free tier limits: No free plan. Teammates who join through Slack get their first week free; direct signups are billed immediately (credit card required).
Note: Usage is metered in credits: roughly 2–250 for everyday asks, 250–1,000 for deep work, and 1,000–2,500 for big builds. Credits pool across the team and don't roll over. Cancelling keeps access through the paid cycle, with no mid-cycle proration.
Technical specs
Modalities
Text, Audio (meeting transcription)
Where Lindy excels
High-volume inbox management
Lindy reads incoming email, applies priority labels, and drafts replies in your voice — useful for professionals receiving 100+ emails a day who spend significant time triaging before doing any substantive work.
End-to-end meeting workflow
Lindy generates a context brief from calendar and email data before a meeting, joins calls to take notes, and drafts follow-up emails after — handling the full overhead of a meeting at each stage.
Scheduling coordination without manual back-and-forth
Lindy handles checking calendars, proposing times, sending invites, and managing rescheduling requests — removing the manual coordination loop that consumes 15–30 minutes per meeting scheduled.
Phone-based task delegation
The iMessage and Slack interfaces let users delegate tasks from their phone without opening a web app — useful for executives who are frequently mobile and want to assign follow-ups while between meetings.
Lindy vs. competitors
Lindy vs. Zapier
Zapier requires you to build explicit trigger-action workflows: define a trigger, choose an action, configure conditions. It is highly reliable for that exact flow and has thousands of app connectors. Lindy uses natural language outcome delegation — you describe what you want done and it determines how to execute it. Zapier is better when you need deterministic, auditable pipelines and can invest time in workflow setup. Lindy is better when you want to delegate open-ended tasks (handle my inbox, prep me for this meeting) without configuring explicit logic.
Lindy vs. ChatGPT / Claude
General AI assistants answer questions and generate text but are not connected to your inbox, calendar, or work tools. Lindy is connected to and acts within those systems. ChatGPT is better for one-off tasks and content generation; Lindy is better for recurring, tool-integrated workflows where context from your calendar and email matters.
Lindy vs. Fireflies.ai / Otter.ai
Fireflies and Otter focus specifically on meeting transcription and notes. Lindy handles the full meeting workflow — pre-meeting context brief from your calendar and email, live transcription, action item extraction, and follow-up drafting — plus inbox triage and scheduling tasks outside of meetings.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lindy free?
No. There is no free plan: the base Plus plan is $29.99 per user per month. Teammates who join through Slack get their first week free; direct signups need a credit card and are billed immediately.
When should I use Lindy instead of Zapier?
Use Lindy when you want to delegate outcomes in plain language — 'manage my inbox', 'send a follow-up after this meeting', 'schedule time with this person' — without configuring explicit trigger-action logic. Use Zapier when you need a deterministic, auditable workflow with defined conditions that runs exactly the same way every time. Lindy trades predictability for ease of delegation; Zapier trades setup time for reliability.
What type of professional gets the most value from Lindy?
Lindy is best suited for professionals whose primary overhead is inbox management, meeting preparation, and scheduling coordination — roles like sales executives, recruiters, operations managers, and executives who run 5+ meetings a day. If most of your time goes to responding to emails, preparing for meetings, and chasing follow-ups, Lindy addresses those specific costs. If your work is primarily project-based or technical, the value is less clear-cut.
Does Lindy work with Gmail?
Yes. Gmail is one of Lindy's core integrations. It can triage your inbox, apply labels, draft replies in your voice, and send follow-ups.
What is computer use in Lindy?
Computer use lets Lindy operate browser-based tools on your behalf — navigating web apps and interacting with interfaces that do not have a direct API integration. It is included on all plans, including Plus.
Is Lindy HIPAA compliant?
HIPAA compliance with a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is available on the Enterprise plan. Standard plans (Plus, Pro, Max) do not include a HIPAA BAA.
Integrations & fit
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PaidAbout Lindy
Lindy positions itself as an AI teammate: it works in Slack threads and mentions, over iMessage, and in Gmail, joins Zoom, Meet, and Teams calls, and keeps editable memory files and 40+ built-in skills with scheduled routines. It connects to your existing work tools — Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Calendly, and more than 1,000 others, plus MCP servers — and monitors what needs attention, prepares pre-meeting briefs, drafts replies in your writing voice, joins calls to take notes, and sends follow-ups. Unlike workflow automation tools like Zapier or Make, you do not define trigger-action logic; you describe what you want done and it handles execution. Unlike general AI assistants like ChatGPT, it is connected to and acts within your actual work systems. Human-in-the-loop approvals are built into the design — Lindy drafts actions for you to approve before sending. Plans start at $29.99 per user per month and differ by monthly credits; computer use and up to 5 inboxes are included on every plan. Best suited for professionals and teams overwhelmed by inbox and meeting overhead, not teams needing deterministic, logic-controlled automation pipelines.
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