LobeHub vs MindStudio

LobeHub

• People who want several agents working on scheduled tasks in the cloud
• Reaching agents from Slack, Discord, Telegram or WhatsApp
• Developers who want to self-deploy an agent workspace and use their own API keys

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

LobeHub

• Cloud usage is metered in credits that reset monthly; the Free plan's 500,000 credits are about 70 messages on GLM-5.3-Flash.
• GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5.5 and Kimi K3 are marked Subscription required on the Free plan.
• The docs note that the desktop app is not fully offline: cloud models, sync and online tools still need a connection.
• The code uses the LobeHub Community License, based on Apache 2.0: distributing a derivative work needs a commercial license.

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.

LobeHub

Agent Builder

Describe the agent you need in a sentence and its name, role, skills and behavior are set up automatically, ready to use or to adjust.

Agent Groups

Several agents work on one task as a team: the system picks the agents for the job, runs them in parallel and iterates on the result.

Skills and MCP marketplaces

Agents are connected to skills and MCP servers from community marketplaces. The homepage counts more than 334,000 skills and 106,000 MCP servers.

Messaging channels

The docs cover channels for Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, WeChat, iMessage, LINE, Lark, Feishu and QQ, so agents answer in the chat apps you already use.

Pages, schedules and projects

Pages are documents written with several agents in a shared context, scheduled tasks run agents at set times, and projects keep related work together.

Personal memory

Agents build a structured memory of how you work that you can read and edit. Agent Memory is listed on the Starter plan and above.

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.

LobeHub

• Free$0

  500,000 credits a month, 15 MB of file storage, 100 vector entries, and email and community forum support.

• Community EditionFree

  The open-source edition, self-deployed with Docker or a cloud host under the LobeHub Community License and run on your own model API keys.

• Starter$9.9

  per month, billed yearly ($118.8); $12.9 billed monthly

  5,000,000 credits a month, 1 GB of file storage, 5,000 vector entries, Agent Memory and early access to new models.

• Premium$19.9

  per month, billed yearly ($238.8); $24.9 billed monthly

  15,000,000 credits a month, 2 GB of file storage, 10,000 vector entries and priority email support.

• Ultimate$39.9

  per month, billed yearly ($478.8); $49.9 billed monthly

  35,000,000 credits a month, 4 GB of file storage, 20,000 vector entries and priority chat and email support.

• Enterprise EditionCustom

  Private deployment with a commercial license, brand theming, user management, self-hosted providers, private models and custom integration.

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.

LobeHub

• Annual discount

  20% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page labels yearly billing as 20% off: Starter is $118.8 a year instead of $12.9 a month, Premium $238.8 instead of $24.9 and Ultimate $478.8 instead of $49.9.

• Education

  50% off for students and educators

  The pricing FAQ offers eligible students and education institutions a 50% discount code, requested by email from a school address with proof of status.

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.