Lindy vs Toolhouse (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lindy grades higher than Toolhouse: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Lindy grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
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
Toolhouse
AI workers you brief by email to handle marketing and sales tasks
Which one is for you
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 Toolhouse if
- Fits if you want marketing or sales chores handed off by email
- Works for teams that prefer paying per task over per seat
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need a fixed monthly bill, because cost depends on credits per task
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as no free limits or trial are stated
- Watch out: private cloud, custom data retention and a DPA are limited to Business, which is custom-priced
- Watch out: volume discounts of 20% and 40% only start at 1 million and 10 million credits
How we grade them
| 2.4GPALindyFair | 1.8GPAToolhouseWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | C$5 per 1,000 requests pay as you go, which the category price check can't compare. Costs vary by task, from 18 credits for email marketing to 96 for an image or video. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | FNo free plan or trial on record. The page mentions free usage but gives no limits or length. |
| Features | 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. | CDelegated marketing and sales tasks with CRM and messaging links, but the job list is narrow and its scope is set by the vendor's task types. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. Briefing by email is simple, but you connect CRMs and messaging tools. |
| Platforms and 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. | BWeb service with Slack, Teams, HubSpot and Salesforce links and MCP. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | one AI teammate a whole team shares in Slack | AI workers briefed by email |
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: Lindy and Toolhouse. How we grade
Where they differ
- Lindy also covers meeting notes, chat assistant and inbox filtering.
- Toolhouse also covers marketing automation and no-code.
At a glance
| Lindy | Toolhouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits | $5 per 1,000 requests, pay as you go |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | $50 in free credits that last 7 days, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Crivello Corp, doing business as Lindy | Toolhouse Technologies, Inc. |
| Price read from | lindy.ai | toolhouse.ai |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Toolhouse
- Cost depends on credits per task, for example 18 credits per email-marketing unit and 96 per image or video unit.
- Volume discounts of 20% at 1 million credits and 40% at 10 million apply automatically.
- The page says free AI usage is included and offers to start free, but does not state free-plan limits or a trial length.
- Private cloud deployment, custom data retention and a DPA are limited to the custom Business plan.
Key features
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.
Toolhouse
- Delegate by email or chat
- A worker takes a task written in plain language and sends the finished deliverable back, including when your laptop is off.
- Marketing tasks
- The usage calculator lists email campaigns, social posts, ad campaigns, image and video assets, contact management, and SEO pages.
- Sales tasks
- Workers generate leads, update a CRM, and prepare offer decks and proposals; HubSpot and Salesforce logos appear on the pricing page.
- Model-agnostic
- The vendor says workers can use models from several providers and that customer data is not used for training.
- MCP and integrations
- An MCP server extends workers with other tools, and the page cites over 5,000 integrations.
Plans
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.
Toolhouse
GoPay as you go
$5 per 1,000 requests ($0.005 per credit), with a spend cap, a KPI dashboard and a Slack or Teams connection.
BusinessCustom
Volume credit pricing, a ready-to-sign DPA, invoicing, private cloud deployment and forward-deployed engineering.
Ways to pay less
Lindy
No public discounts listed.
Toolhouse
- Other savings
Volume discounts on credits
Credits are 20% cheaper at 1 million credits a month and 40% cheaper at 10 million, applied automatically.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Lindy or Toolhouse?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lindy starts at $29.99 per user / month, for 3,000 credits, and Toolhouse starts at $5 per 1,000 requests, pay as you go.
Which has a free plan, Lindy or Toolhouse?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Lindy nor Toolhouse has a free plan. Lindy has a free trial.
Which platforms do Lindy and Toolhouse run on?
As of Nov 13, 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.