Artisan vs Lindy (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Lindy grades higher than Artisan: 2.4 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Lindy grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Lindy
AI teammate for Slack that works across your team's tools
Free trial · from $29.99/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Artisan if
- Fits if you want an AI rep to work outbound email from your own domains
- Works for a small sales team that will buy through a quote
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price: Team, Scale and Enterprise are all quoted
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as no free plan or trial is shown
- Watch out: plans are sized to about 2,500 and 6,000 leads contacted a month
- Pricey if you want calls: the dialer is an add-on priced per seat
- Watch out: Ava sends in your reps' names, so mistakes land under their names
Pick Lindy if
- Fits if your team lives in Slack and wants one shared AI teammate
- Works for reports, briefs and follow-ups that come round every week
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free plan to stay on, as the $50 of credits runs out after 7 days
- Pricey if lots of people dip in now and then, since everyone who @mentions it takes a paid seat
- Skip it if you need SSO, SCIM, audit logs or HIPAA compliance, which are Enterprise only
- Watch out: credits don't roll over, and actions that use them pause when the shared pool runs out
- Skip it if you want a phone or desktop app of its own, as it works through Slack, iMessage, email and the web
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAArtisanWeak | 2.4GPALindyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published: Team, Scale and Enterprise are quoted by sales, so it sits in the middle by default. | C$29.99 a user each month for 3,000 credits a seat, pooled across the team, which is the dear end of middling for agent tools here. Bigger bundles cost less per credit, like 15,000 for $99.99, and top-ups are $10 per 1,000. Credits don't roll over. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial is shown on the pricing page. | CNo lasting free plan: you start with $50 in credits and no card needed, and they expire after 7 days. Seven days to look, then $29.99 per user a month. |
| Features | CAn AI BDR, lead database, guardrails and CRM sync, but calling needs a dialer add-on priced per seat. | BIt covers the job: one shared teammate in Slack across Gmail, Notion, HubSpot and 1,000-plus other apps, meetings recorded into a shared library, routines set up in a sentence, 40-plus skills, memory in plain files you can edit, and approval before anything leaves the building. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Ava needs your sending domains, CRM and guardrails set before it sends. | CThe people who use it just @mention it in Slack. Someone still has to install it, connect the tools and watch a shared credit pool, and every person who uses it takes a paid seat. No rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with three named integrations. | BSlack first, plus iMessage, email, the web and a Chrome extension, connecting to more than 1,000 apps and any MCP server. No phone or desktop app of its own. |
| Best for | an AI sales rep that books meetings by email | one AI teammate a whole team shares in Slack |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Artisan and Lindy. How we grade
Where they differ
- Artisan also covers email campaigns.
- Lindy also covers meeting notes, chat assistant, inbox filtering and workflow automation.
In commonWebAI agents
At a glance
| Artisan | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | $50 in free credits that last 7 days, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Artisan | Crivello Corp, doing business as Lindy |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | lindy.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Artisan
- No prices are published: Team, Scale and Enterprise plans are quoted by sales and sized to volume.
- The listed plans are sized at about 2,500 and 6,000 leads contacted a month for Team and Scale.
- Ava sends in your reps' names from your own sending domains.
- The dialer is an add-on priced per seat.
Lindy
- There is no ongoing free plan: the $50 of free credits lasts 7 days, after which paid usage starts at $29.99 per user per month.
- Anyone who uses Lindy takes a paid seat, including people who @mention it in Slack; those joining through Slack get a one-time 7-day trial first.
- Monthly credits do not roll over, and Lindy pauses credit-using actions when the shared pool runs out.
- SSO, SCIM, audit logs and HIPAA compliance with a signed BAA are limited to Enterprise.
Key features
Artisan
- Ava, the AI BDR
- Runs outbound campaigns on email and social, replies to prospects and books meetings; calls are queued for human reps.
- B2B lead database
- Plans include a database of 250M+ verified B2B contacts, plus enrichment and signal-triggered outreach.
- Guardrails on what Ava sends
- Approve before sending, lock tone and calls to action, set banned phrases and keep do-not-contact lists.
- CRM sync
- Salesforce and HubSpot sync both ways, with custom webhooks and Slack for the team.
- Dialer add-on
- An AI dialer is sold per seat; Ava emails and reps dial, with a brief before each call and a follow-up after.
Lindy
- Shared teammate in Slack
- A whole team shares one Lindy, summoned with an @mention in Slack channels and threads. It can also be reached by iMessage, by email and in the browser.
- Integrations and MCP
- Connects to Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot and more than 1,000 other apps, and can use any MCP server to reach tools that have no built-in integration.
- Meeting recording and notes
- Records meetings and writes notes into a shared library with folders that teammates can query later. It also handles scheduling, prep and follow-up.
- Scheduled routines
- Recurring work such as a morning brief, a Monday report or a Friday nudge can be set up in a sentence and run on a schedule.
- Skills and editable memory
- Comes with more than 40 skills, including research, data analysis and slide decks. New skills can be saved for the whole team, and its memory lives in plain files you can edit.
- Approvals
- Actions with outside impact, such as sending an email or updating a ticket, wait for approval. Read-only lookups from approved sources do not.
Plans
Artisan
Pricing could not be confirmed. See artisan.co.
Lindy
Free$0
$50 in credits that last 7 days, with no credit card required. Paid usage starts after that.
Team$29.99
per user / month, for 3,000 credits each
Credits pooled across the team, larger monthly bundles such as 15,000 credits for $99.99, top-ups at $10 per 1,000, model choice and computer use.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Team, plus HIPAA compliance with a signed BAA, SSO and SCIM, audit logs, custom credits and billing, and dedicated support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Artisan or Lindy?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Artisan has no price we could confirm, and Lindy starts at $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Artisan or Lindy?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Artisan nor Lindy has a free plan. Lindy has a free trial.
Which platforms do Artisan and Lindy run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Lindy lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.