Cofounder vs Lindy
We give Cofounder a 2.8 GPA and Lindy a 3.0, out of 4.0. Lindy grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Cofounder
Agent platform that runs the company work around your product
Free trial · from $120/mo
Lindy
AI teammate for Slack that works across your team's tools
Free trial · from $29.99/mo
How we grade them
| 2.8GPACofounderGood | 3.0GPALindyVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCofounder Pro starts at $120 a month, several times what most agents here start at, and the terms add usage-based charges billed afterwards. You do get a lot of departments for it. But you can't bring your own API key to keep the bill down. | B$29.99 a user each month, with 3,000 credits per seat pooled across the team. That's at the dear end of typical here. Bigger bundles cost less per credit, like 15,000 for $99.99, and top-ups are $10 per 1,000. Monthly credits don't roll over. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. There's a 7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and the strategy and analysis tools. The pricing page doesn't say whether it asks for a card. | CNo lasting free plan. You start with $50 in free credits and no credit card, but they only last 7 days. After that it's $29.99 per user a month. |
| Features | AAgents sorted into departments, from engineering and marketing to support and finance. They find and email prospects, run campaigns, publish social posts and keep repeating routines going. Risky steps wait for your approval, and it sets up GitHub, Vercel and Supabase for you. | AOne shared teammate in Slack that connects to Gmail, Notion, HubSpot and more than 1,000 other apps. It records meetings into a shared library, runs routines you set up in a sentence, comes with 40+ skills and keeps its memory in plain files you can edit. Anything with outside impact waits for approval. |
| Ease of use | BEach department comes with default agents, and it sets up and manages GitHub, Vercel and Supabase for you, so there's little to wire together. There's no rating on record to go by, so a B. | BYou @mention it in Slack like a colleague, and a routine such as a Monday report is set up in one sentence. There's no rating on record to go by, so a B. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app, with integrations for GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Linear, Stripe, Slack, Gmail and Notion. There's a command-line tool, an MCP server and a REST API too. The listing has no phone or desktop app. | BSlack first, plus iMessage, email, the web and a Chrome extension. It connects to more than 1,000 apps and any MCP server. The listing has no phone or desktop app of its own. |
| Best for | solo founders handing off the work around a product | 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: Cofounder and Lindy. How we grade
Where they differ
- Cofounder starts at $120 per month (Cofounder Pro, listed as a starting price). Lindy starts at $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits.
- Only Lindy lists a browser extension.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline and marketing automation.
- Lindy also covers meeting notes, chat assistant and inbox filtering.
In commonWebWorkflow automationAI agents
At a glance
| Cofounder | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $120 per month (Cofounder Pro, listed as a starting price) | $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and strategy and analysis tools | $50 in free credits that last 7 days, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | The General Intelligence Company Of New York | Crivello Corp, doing business as Lindy |
| Price read from | cofounder.co | lindy.ai |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Cofounder
- Solo founders and small teams launching an early-stage software company
- Founders who build the product themselves and want help with go-to-market
- Handing outreach, content and recurring operations to agents with approvals
Lindy
- Teams that work in Slack and want one shared AI teammate
- Recurring reports, briefs and follow-ups pulled from connected tools
- Gmail users who want labeled mail and pre-drafted replies
Worth knowing
Cofounder
- There is no lasting free plan: after the 7-day trial, Cofounder Pro starts at $120 a month, and the terms bill usage-based charges in arrears.
- The Team Plan, planned at $100 per seat, is not yet available; the pricing page offers only a waitlist.
- The documentation says Cofounder is not intended to build or rebuild your core product, database, authentication or hosting stack.
- You cannot bring your own API key or a Codex or Claude Code subscription, according to the pricing FAQ.
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
Cofounder
- Departments of agents
- Work is split across departments, each with agents that have their own instructions, integrations and skills. Default agents cover engineering, marketing, design, sales, support, operations and finance.
- Approvals before risky actions
- Agents run several tasks in the background at once, and actions the vendor treats as potentially dangerous, such as incorporating an LLC or opening a bank account, wait for your approval.
- Managed GitHub, Vercel and Supabase
- Cofounder sets up and manages GitHub, Vercel and Supabase projects for you. Pro and Team users can claim ownership at any point, after which Cofounder no longer manages the configuration.
- Sales and marketing work
- Agents research customers, find and enrich prospects, send outreach from inboxes provisioned for them, run email campaigns and publish social posts, drawing on shared company context.
- Routines
- A routine is a repeating job for one agent, such as a daily status update, a weekly metrics review or a monthly cleanup checklist. An agent can have several.
- CLI, MCP server and REST API
- Besides the web app, your own agent can run a company through Cofounder's hosted MCP server, the cofounder command-line tool or the REST API, with API keys for scripting.
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
Cofounder
Free TrialFree
for 7 days
Design system builder, landing page hosting, and strategy and analysis tools.
Cofounder Pro$120
per month, listed as a starting price
For a founder running a company: SEO and ICP analysis, multiple agents, outbound and an email inbox, social post publishing, and an LLC incorporation add-on.
Team Plan$100
per seat; coming soon, billing period not shown
Planned plan adding multiplayer access, SOC 2 and priority support. It is not on sale yet; the pricing page offers a waitlist.
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.
