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Alternatives to Lindy
22 ai tools sit alongside Lindy in this directory. Below is what separates each from Lindy on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- Lindy starts at
- Free, then $29.99/month
Why people look past Lindy
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Lindy entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Lindy starts at $29.99/month. Across the 16 ai tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $25/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Lindy publishes 5 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Lindy pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Automate your work across 7,000+ app integrations
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $19.99/month.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
- 3 tiers to Lindy's 5.
The fair-code workflow automation tool
- Starts $9.989999999999998 a month cheaper, at €20/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
- 4 tiers to Lindy's 5.
The platform for the new way of working
- Starts $20.99 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
Programming framework for multi-agent agentic AI
- Sold on a Open source, no pricing model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
- 1 tier to Lindy's 5.
Personalized AI assistant with persistent memory and autonomous action-taking
- Starts $0.010000000000001563 a month dearer, at $30/month.
- Sold on a Freemium with paid plans and pay-as-you-go credits model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
AI infrastructure platform for building and deploying autonomous agents
- Sold on a Tiered subscription with usage credits model rather than Per-user subscription with shared credit pool.
- 2 tiers to Lindy's 5.
Every Lindy alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindy (this page) | Free, then $29.99/month | Per-user subscription with shared credit pool | 5 | |
| ZapierAutomation platform with broader no-code workflow builder capabilities | Free, then $19.99/month | Usage-based | 3 | vs Lindy |
| n8nOpen-source workflow automation with similar integration capabilities | Free, then €20/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Lindy |
| MakeVisual workflow automation platform with extensive app connectors | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | - | vs Lindy |
| AutoGen | Free | Open source, no pricing | 1 | vs Lindy |
| Vellum | Free, then $30/month | Freemium with paid plans and pay-as-you-go credits | 5 | vs Lindy |
| Gumloop | Free | Tiered subscription with usage credits | 2 | vs Lindy |
| LangGraph | Free | Open source and free, with optional managed platform | 2 | vs Lindy |
| Resemble AI | Free, then $350/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Lindy |
| PromptLayer | Free, then $49/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Lindy |
| Helicone | Free, then $79/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Lindy |
| Galileo | Free, then $100/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Lindy |
| Deepgram | Free | Usage-based | 3 | vs Lindy |
| Cartesia | Free, then $4/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Lindy |
| Arize AI | Free, then $50/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Lindy |
| You.com | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs Lindy |
| Poe | Free, then $4.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Lindy |
| Ideogram | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Lindy |
| Writer | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Lindy |
| Tabnine | $39/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Lindy |
| Sourcegraph Cody | $59/month | Quote | 1 | vs Lindy |
| Poolside | $0.06/month | Usage-based | 3 | vs Lindy |
| Black Forest Labs | $0.17/month | Usage-based | 5 | vs Lindy |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Lindy badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (17)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Lindy (8)
Entry price under Lindy's $29.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Lindy is most often brought in for automating email and calendar management across teams, transcribing and summarizing meetings automatically, updating crm systems with meeting notes and leads, generating daily reports and weekly briefs, processing structured data from multiple applications. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Lindy is broadly right and the question is cost, the Lindy pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the AI category lists everything the directory holds, and best ai tools ranks them.
Lindy runs on web, slack, email, mobile. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Lindy alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Lindy?
- 22 other ai tools are listed in this directory, led by Zapier, n8n, Make, AutoGen. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Lindy?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Zapier, n8n, Make, AutoGen, Vellum.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Lindy?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Lindy's $29.99/month: Zapier at Free, then $19.99/month, n8n at Free, then €20/month, Make at Free, then $9/month, Cartesia at Free, then $4/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Lindy?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Lindy?
- Lindy is most often brought in for automating email and calendar management across teams, transcribing and summarizing meetings automatically, updating crm systems with meeting notes and leads, generating daily reports and weekly briefs, processing structured data from multiple applications. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Lindy?
- None of the ai tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Lindy alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, AI, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Lindy against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Lindy covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every ai tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the AI category, 22 tools beside Lindy. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.