Lindy vs Relevance AI (2026)
Both run agents that do real work instead of just chatting. Lindy is #1 on our business agents list and Relevance AI is #3 (Manus is #2). Lindy behaves like a teammate: it lives in your inbox, calendar, and Slack, and asks before it does anything with outside impact. Relevance AI is built for an "AI workforce": several agents, each with a job, working a pipeline together. They're also sold differently. Lindy lists its prices and lets you start free; Relevance AI's pricing page now sends you to sales.
Side by side
| Lindy | Relevance AI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI employee for your inbox, calendar, meetings, and tools | A platform for building a team of specialist agents |
| Best at | Personal and team busywork: email, scheduling, meeting notes, follow-ups | Repeatable sales and ops work, like lead research, inbound qualification, and outbound SDR agents |
| Best for | Solo founders and small teams | Sales and ops teams |
| How you set it up | Describe the job in plain English, in the app or in Slack (per lindy.ai, Oct 23, 2026) | Create agents in plain language, no code required (per relevanceai.com, Oct 23, 2026) |
| Integrations | 1,500+ integrations plus MCP (per lindy.ai, Oct 23, 2026) | 1,000+ apps (per relevanceai.com, Oct 23, 2026) |
| Try it free | $50 in free credits, no credit card, lasts 7 days (per lindy.ai/pricing, Oct 23, 2026) | A "Try for free" option on its site; the pricing page doesn't list a free plan, so check relevanceai.com |
| Paid plans | Team plan billed per active user with a shared monthly credit pool, top-ups $10 per 1,000 credits. lindy.ai showed two starting prices on Oct 23, 2026 ($29.99 for 3,000 credits on the pricing page, $49.99 for 5,000 on the homepage), so check lindy.ai | Only Enterprise is listed, through sales: "Talk to our sales team to find the right plan" (per relevanceai.com/pricing, Oct 23, 2026). Check relevanceai.com |
| Approvals and security | Anything with outside impact waits for your approval; SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and HIPAA (per lindy.ai, Oct 23, 2026) | SOC 2 Type II and GDPR, audit logs, no training on your data (per relevanceai.com, Oct 23, 2026) |
| Our business agents rank | #1 | #3 |
| Visit Lindy ↗ | Visit Relevance AI ↗ |
Pick Lindy if…
- the work you want off your plate lives in email, your calendar, meetings, and Slack
- you want to start today with free credits and no sales call
- you want every outgoing email or update to wait for your approval
Pick Relevance AI if…
- you're building a pipeline of agents (research, qualify, reach out) that hand work to each other
- you run sales or ops at volume and want agents built around your playbooks
- you're a larger team that wants a demo, enterprise controls, and an account manager
FAQ
For most small businesses, Lindy: it works where the busywork already is and you can start free today. Relevance AI is the stronger fit for sales and ops teams building several agents that work a pipeline together. Lindy is #1 and Relevance AI #3 on our business agents list.
Lindy gives you $50 in free credits with no credit card, and they last 7 days. After that you need a paid Team seat; check lindy.ai for the current price, since its pages showed both $29.99 and $49.99 per user a month on Oct 23, 2026.
Relevance AI's pricing page lists only an Enterprise plan and says to talk to its sales team to find the right plan. Its site still has a "Try for free" option, so check relevanceai.com for what's open to self-serve users today.
Lindy says anything with outside impact, like sending an email or posting to a channel, waits for your approval. Whatever tool you use, start with drafts and approvals and widen access once the agent has earned your trust.
Manus is #2 on our business agents list, for big one-off research or build jobs that come back as a finished report, deck, or site. Gumloop is #4, a drag-and-drop builder for non-engineers who want to own their agents.
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Facts here come from our own tool notes and each vendor's official site. Pricing not independently confirmed; check the vendor.