Dust vs MindStudio

Dust

• Companies that want agents grounded in internal knowledge
• Teams that mix light and heavy users on different seat types
• Organizations that need US or EU data residency

MindStudio

• Non-engineers building custom agents for their own job or team
• Trying many models without opening an account with each provider
• Agencies and consultants who build agents for clients

Dust

• The Free seat is a one-time allowance of 500 credits, not a monthly quota; once it is used, free users are prompted to request an upgrade.
• The self-serve Business plan covers teams of up to 100 and is limited to 3 data source connectors, 5 remote MCP servers and 5 spaces.
• SCIM provisioning, audit logs, custom data retention and single-tenant deployment require Enterprise.
• Monthly credits reset each billing period without rolling over, and listed prices exclude VAT.

MindStudio

• AI model usage is billed on top of every plan, including Free, and is drawn from a prepaid account balance.
• The Free plan is limited to one agent and 1,000 runs a month.
• Individual covers a single builder; adding collaborators means the custom-priced Business plan.
• SSO, audit logs, custom domains and self-hosting are listed only under the Business plan.

Dust

Agents with company context

Agents draw on connected company data from sources such as Slack, Notion, Google Drive, GitHub, Salesforce and Zendesk to answer questions and take action.

Model choice per agent

All plans include 20+ models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral and DeepSeek. The model is chosen per agent, and none is locked to a higher plan.

Schedules and triggers

Multi-agent workflows can run on a schedule or in response to events. Dust also lists Zapier, Make, n8n and Power Automate as supported automation platforms.

Spaces and permissions

Spaces segment data by team, and a two-layer permission model separates what agents can access from who can use them. The Business plan includes 5 spaces.

Frames

Frames turn agent output into interactive dashboards, reports and memos that a team can explore and work on together.

Slack and Chrome extension

Agents can be mentioned in any Slack channel or messaged directly, and a Chrome extension opens them in a sidebar on any web page.

MindStudio

Visual agent builder

Agents are assembled from blocks in a visual editor, or scaffolded from a plain-language description by Agent Architect and refined by describing the changes you want.

200+ models at cost

A built-in router connects to more than 200 text, image and video models without separate provider accounts and bills usage with no markup. Your own API keys also work.

Several ways to deploy

An agent can be published as a web app with its own interface, a scheduled job, a Chrome extension action, an email-triggered assistant, a webhook or API endpoint, or an MCP server.

Custom code

Workflows can run custom JavaScript or Python cloud functions and install packages, and the builder can generate that code from a description.

Testing and debugging

A debugger, a profiler, evaluations against test suites, side-by-side model comparison and version history are part of the editor.

Spend limits and cost tracking

Spending limits can be set per agent and for the whole workspace, and run costs are tracked for each agent.

Dust

• Free$0

  A Business-plan seat with 500 credits for its lifetime and no monthly refill, meant for occasional users or people trying Dust.

• Pro$24

  per seat / month, billed yearly; $30 billed monthly

  8,000 credits per seat each month on the Business plan, which covers teams of up to 100, with SSO available on request from 5 seats.

• Max$120

  per seat / month, billed yearly; $150 billed monthly

  40,000 credits per seat each month, for people who regularly run complex automations, deep research or tool-heavy workflows.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited connectors and MCP servers, workspace-pooled credits, SCIM, audit logs, custom data retention, single-tenant deployment and an SLA.

MindStudio

• Free$0

  One agent and 1,000 runs a month, with access to 200+ models. Model usage is billed separately at cost.

• Individual$16

  per month plus model usage, billed yearly

  Unlimited agents and unlimited runs for a single builder. $20 a month plus usage when paid monthly.

• BusinessCustom

  Team workspace with unlimited collaborators and granular permissions, SSO, audit logs, budgets, custom domains and the option to self-host.

Dust

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Dust's pricing page shows a 20% saving on yearly billing: Pro is $24 per seat a month instead of $30, and Max is $120 instead of $150.

MindStudio

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  MindStudio's pricing page lists a 20% saving for yearly billing: Individual is $16 a month billed yearly instead of $20 a month paid monthly.