Lindy vs Grep AI (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Grep AI if

• Fits if you run compliance checks or onboarding research and want agents to do the legwork
• Works for teams that would rather pay per task than sign a contract

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you are only testing: the 100 credits are one-time and cover about 5 tasks
• Pricey if you need exports or custom agents, which start on Pro at $167 a month
• Watch out: the Parcha line was retired and clients are sent to support@parcha.ai, so older material may not match
• Watch out: premium data on Pay As You Go needs a balance of at least $50
• Not for you if you want shared team agents and SSO, as those are sold through sales with no price

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.

Grep AI

• Parcha retired its original product line; this listing follows the rebrand to Grep AI, and existing Parcha clients are pointed to support@parcha.ai.
• Free Trial credits are one-time, and the free trial has no exports, custom agents or API access.
• Premium data on Pay As You Go needs a balance of at least $50.
• Team plans with shared agents, pooled credits and SSO are sold through sales, with no published price.

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.

Grep AI

Library of built-in agents

The site lists more than 250 agents, such as company research briefs, board briefs and audit readiness checklists, that can be used as a starting point.

Agent swarms

A lead agent assembles specialist agents for a job, such as rating a list of businesses for risk, and exports the results as a CSV.

Custom agents from a description

Teams describe a procedure or upload a policy document and get a reusable agent, which can be run from chat, TypeScript, Python, REST or MCP.

Compliance and due diligence work

The vendor lists KYB verification, AML screening, enhanced due diligence and document verification among its solutions for banks and fintechs.

Data controls

The vendor says it does not train on customer data and that agents reach data through an isolated proxy, so they never see credentials.

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.

Grep AI

• Free Trial$0

  100 one-time credits

  Basic research capabilities. Credits do not reset; no exports, custom agents or API access.

• Pay As You Go$20

  one-time top-up, used as you go

  $20 buys 200 credits, $50 buys 500, $100 buys 1,000. Balance lasts 365 days; custom agents and exports included.

• Pro$167

  per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)

  1,500 credits a month (about 75 medium tasks), API access, enhanced person and company data, priority support.

• Ultra$417

  per month, billed annually ($500 billed monthly)

  4,500 credits a month (about 225 medium tasks), premium data sources, dedicated support and early access.

Lindy

No public discounts listed.

Grep AI

• Annual discount

  Annual billing on Pro and Ultra

  Pro is $167 a month billed annually ($2,000 a year, saving $400) against $200 monthly. Ultra is $417 a month billed annually ($5,000 a year) against $500 monthly.