Lindy is a hosted AI employee led by founder Flo Crivello. Each person gets a private Lindy over Slack DMs, iMessage, SMS and email, and the team shares one in Slack channels. It handles inbox, calendar, meetings, phone calls and recurring tasks across 1,500+ connected apps.

How much does Lindy cost?

New users get $50 of credits that last 7 days. The Team plan starts at $29.99 per user a month for 3,000 credits, pooled across the workspace, with top-ups at $10 per 1,000; Enterprise is custom. MausBot's app is free, Cloud plans start at $15 a month, and model usage goes on the account you already have.

Is there an open source Lindy alternative?

MausBot is one: Apache 2.0 on GitHub, apart from an enterprise/ folder. Its bots run on your own computer or server, or on a Cloud plan, using the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account or API key you already have.

Can MausBot text me on iMessage like Lindy?

No. MausBot has no iMessage or WhatsApp integration. In its iPhone and Android apps, bots can prepare texts and WhatsApp messages that send only when you tap Send.

Does Lindy ask before it acts?

In shared Slack threads each app has a guardrail: always allow, require approval, or don't offer, and reads are never guarded. Lindy's docs say guardrails do not apply in the web app, Slack DMs, iMessage or SMS. MausBot bots start at Full access, and each bot's sends can be set to ask every time.

Comparison as of November 15, 2026, with both products as they were that day · Lindy

Lindy alternative: MausBot

A Lindy alternative that is free and open source: a team of the AI agents you already have, on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, not credits billed per seat.

Lindy is a hosted AI employee: a private assistant for each person and a shared one in Slack, reached by iMessage, email and phone, billed by usage from about $30 per user a month. MausBot is the free, open source Lindy alternative: one team of the AI agents you already have, on your own computer or a Cloud plan, running on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account you pay for.

What Lindy is

Lindy, led by founder and CEO Flo Crivello, calls itself the AI employee that plugs into your tools, learns how you work and takes work off your plate. Its current product, Lindy Teammate, launched in August 2026, works in Slack: every person gets a private Lindy in Slack DMs, iMessage, SMS and email, and the team shares one Lindy it @mentions in channels. It labels and drafts email, schedules meetings, records calls on Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, takes and places phone calls from its own number, runs routines, learns a task when you show it once, and builds apps and live pages. It connects to 1,500+ integrations plus MCP, keeps a versioned memory you can edit, and is SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliant.

Launched: Lindy Teammate, August 2026; the iMessage assistant, February 2026. Sources: Lindy; Lindy: pricing; Lindy docs: what is Lindy; Lindy docs: pricing; Lindy docs: integrations and guardrails; Lindy docs: phone calls; Lindy docs: security; Lindy: Lindy Assistant launch; The Cognitive Revolution: Lindy Teammate with Flo Crivello.

Why people look for a Lindy alternative

Everything runs on credits at $0.01 each: Team starts at $29.99 per user a month for 3,000 credits, and one big build can use 1,000 to 2,500 of them.
Every person who uses it takes a paid seat, including teammates who only @mention it in Slack, after a 7-day trial.
When the shared credit pool runs out, credit-using actions pause until the next cycle or a top-up at $10 per 1,000 credits.
Models are paid through Lindy credits; its pricing page and docs describe no way to run on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan.
Hosted and closed: your assistant runs in Lindy's cloud, and its docs describe no self-hosted or open source version.

Lindy vs MausBot

The Lindy column comes from the vendor's own pages and the press cited above, checked on November 15, 2026. Where the vendor has not said, the cell says so.

	Lindy	MausBot
Price	$50 of free credits for 7 days; Team from $29.99 per user a month for 3,000 credits; top-ups $10 per 1,000; Enterprise custom	Free and open source. Bots run on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account, or the API key, you already have
Models	Lindy picks per task, or you choose (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek); paid in Lindy credits	16 agent engines (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and more), API and local models; chosen per bot, switchable mid-conversation
Agents	A private Lindy per person, plus one shared Lindy in Slack channels	As many bots as you like, in group chats, with a Chief of Staff that hands out work
Where it runs	Lindy's cloud	Your own computer or server; cloud computers with a live desktop on a Cloud plan
Where your data lives	Lindy's servers; encrypted, never sold or used to train models	~/.openmausbot on your own machine; prompts go only to the model provider you choose
Before it acts	Per-app guardrails in shared Slack threads (always allow, require approval, don't offer); web chat, Slack DMs, iMessage and SMS are not guarded	Full access by default, or Ask, Auto-accept edits or Approve for me per bot; sends can be set to ask every time
Memory	A versioned file system you can see, edit and share with your team	Editable Markdown notes per bot, plus an About me every bot reads
Connected apps	1,500+ integrations plus MCP	Gmail, Slack, Notion, LinkedIn and hundreds more apps, any MCP server, and bots' own numbers and inboxes
Platforms	Web app, Slack, iMessage and SMS, email, phone calls, a Chrome extension for Gmail	macOS, Windows, Ubuntu; iPhone and Android apps
Open source	No	Yes. Apache 2.0 on GitHub, apart from an enterprise/ folder

What MausBot is

MausBot is a free, open-source app that runs a team of the AI agents you already have. Each bot has its own model, computer and connected apps, on Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and other agent engines, API models or local models, using the accounts you already pay for. A Chief of Staff bot hands work to the others, bots share group chats, and every bot reads your About me. It runs on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu with iPhone and Android apps, keeps your data in ~/.openmausbot on your own machine, and is published on GitHub under Apache 2.0. You can self-host it free on your own server, and Cloud plans from $15 a month keep bots working with the laptop closed.

What Lindy still does better

Text it on iMessage or SMS, email it, or call it, and it can place calls from its own US or Canadian number.
Records and summarizes meetings on Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, with a searchable library and prep briefs before each call.
A shared Slack teammate with per-app guardrails and Approve and Deny buttons in the thread, plus SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA with a signed BAA on Enterprise.
1,500+ integrations plus MCP servers.

Other Lindy alternatives

MausBot is the open-source option. The other agents in this category, each with its own comparison page:

Grok Bot by xAI: Grok Bot opened as a beta on August 11, 2026 and reached version 1.0 on November 2, 2026.
OpenAI dots by OpenAI: Dots launched on September 29, 2026.
ChatGPT Work by OpenAI: ChatGPT Work is an agent inside ChatGPT that OpenAI launched on July 9, 2026, built on Codex technology.
Meta Muse by Meta: Muse launched on September 8, 2026.

Every other comparison page: Grok Bot, OpenAI dots, ChatGPT Work, Meta Muse, Claude Cowork, Claude Duet, Gemini Spark, Perplexity Computer, Manus, Cue by Manus, Instinct, Poke, Viktor, Squad, Turnstone, Bops, Hark Pro, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Vellum, Open Dots, OpenBot, Rakazo, OpenMuse, OpenInstinct.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lindy?: Lindy is a hosted AI employee led by founder Flo Crivello. Each person gets a private Lindy over Slack DMs, iMessage, SMS and email, and the team shares one in Slack channels. It handles inbox, calendar, meetings, phone calls and recurring tasks across 1,500+ connected apps.
How much does Lindy cost?: New users get $50 of credits that last 7 days. The Team plan starts at $29.99 per user a month for 3,000 credits, pooled across the workspace, with top-ups at $10 per 1,000; Enterprise is custom. MausBot's app is free, Cloud plans start at $15 a month, and model usage goes on the account you already have.
Is there an open source Lindy alternative?: MausBot is one: Apache 2.0 on GitHub, apart from an enterprise/ folder. Its bots run on your own computer or server, or on a Cloud plan, using the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account or API key you already have.
Can MausBot text me on iMessage like Lindy?: No. MausBot has no iMessage or WhatsApp integration. In its iPhone and Android apps, bots can prepare texts and WhatsApp messages that send only when you tap Send.
Does Lindy ask before it acts?: In shared Slack threads each app has a guardrail: always allow, require approval, or don't offer, and reads are never guarded. Lindy's docs say guardrails do not apply in the web app, Slack DMs, iMessage or SMS. MausBot bots start at Full access, and each bot's sends can be set to ask every time.

This comparison is based on Lindy and MausBot as they were on November 15, 2026. Both products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.