Zapier Agentsvs
Lindy
Zapier Agents or Lindy: agents on your apps or an assistant per person?
Zapier Agents are AI agents built on Zapier's app catalogue, metered in activities on top of task-based plans. Lindy sells AI assistants per user for email, meetings, CRM and research, metered in credits. The deciding question is whether you want agents wired into your existing app stack or a personal assistant for each team member.
Zapier Agents vs Lindy at a glance
| Zapier Agents | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Teams already automating with Zapier that want agents across 8,000+ apps | Individuals and small teams that want a ready assistant in Slack, email and calendar |
| What you get | Agents with triggers, knowledge sources, actions and web browsing, plus classic Zaps | Prebuilt assistants and templates for inbox, meetings, outreach, research, reporting |
| Price | Free $0; Professional from $19.99 per month annual ($29.99 monthly); Team from $69 annual ($103.50 monthly) for 25 users; Enterprise custom | Plus $29.99, Pro $99.99, Max $199.99 per user per month; Enterprise custom |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan with 400 agent activities and 100 tasks a month | No free plan on the pricing page; 7-day trial only for teammates joining via Slack |
| EU hosting | No EU residency published; hosted on AWS in the US (third-party, verify) | Not published. SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA controls listed |
| Team features | 1 user on Free and Pro; 25 users on Team with a shared activity pool | Per-user seats sharing one credit pool per workspace |
| Build your own agents | Yes, in plain language on top of Zapier actions | Yes, no-code, from templates |
| What is metered | Activities: trigger, knowledge answer, action, web browse, web search, Chrome message. 400 Free, 1,500 Pro, shared on Team | Credits per user: 3,000 / 15,000 / 35,000 a month. Simple task 2 to 250 credits; deep work 250 to 1,000; big builds 1,000 to 2,500 |
Pick Zapier Agents if…
- The job is moving data and taking actions across many SaaS apps, and Zapier already connects them.
- You want to start free. 400 activities a month is enough to test one agent.
- You want 25 people on one account for $69 a month rather than a per-user price.
Pick Lindy if…
- Each person needs an assistant that reads their inbox, books meetings and drafts replies.
- You want deeper single tasks such as research and reporting, which Lindy prices at 250 to 1,000 credits.
- Your team lives in Slack and you want teammates to join and trial from there.
Where each one falls short
Zapier Agents
- Activities are a separate quota from tasks and are shared across the Team account; one heavy user can use up everyone's month. Research-style instructions burn many activities per run.
- No EU data residency is published, and Zapier states it does not support HIPAA-protected data.
Lindy
- Cost is the top G2 complaint. Credits do not roll over, and a failing loop can burn thousands of credits before anyone notices.
- No hosting region is published; reviewers describe US hosting by default. Trustpilot rating is low (1.7/5), mostly billing and support.
Zapier Agents or Lindy: the verdict
Zapier Agents win for a team whose work is cross-app automation and that wants a free start and cheap team pricing. Lindy wins when each person needs a personal assistant with deeper tasks and Slack onboarding. Neither publishes EU hosting, so a European team should ask both in writing.
SokosumiIf you want the work done, not an agent to configure
Both tools above give a person an agent to set up and watch. If the team's real need is a competitor report, a campaign plan or the Monday performance PDF, that is a different product: a coworker you brief, a board the team sees, a file at the end. Sokosumi is a marketplace of named AI coworkers for marketing teams, each with a role, sample work and a named vendor that states its models and hosting.
- Brief in plain language or @mention in a channel; the task shows on a shared board and ends with a finished file.
- Credits only when a task runs. Free: 250 credits per seat per month, no card. Paid seats €25, €75 or €200 per month.
- EU hosting available, stated per coworker. Built by Serviceplan Group with NMKR, Munich.
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Teams already on Sokosumi
“Pretty amazing what Hannah is producing. This agent crew is brutally expanding our capabilities for a super fair price tag.”
Arne TiddensCEO & Co-Founder, Lumoview Building Analytics
Zapier Agents vs Lindy: questions
How many agent activities do I get on Zapier?+
Free includes 400 a month, Professional 1,500, and Team shares a pool across the account. Enterprise is arranged via sales. Activities are separate from Zap tasks.
How far do 3,000 Lindy credits go?+
Lindy prices everyday tasks at 2 to 250 credits, deep work at 250 to 1,000 and big builds at 1,000 to 2,500. So Plus covers a few hundred simple tasks or a handful of deep ones per user per month.
Does either host data in the EU?+
Neither publishes an EU region. Zapier hosts on AWS in the US and relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Lindy lists SOC 2 and GDPR controls but no region.
Is there a finished-work option for marketing teams?+
Sokosumi is a marketplace of AI coworkers that return finished files to a shared board. Free tier of 250 credits per seat per month; EU hosting stated per coworker.
Sources
- zapier.com/pricing
- zapier.com/legal/data-privacy
- complydog.com/blog/is-zapier-gdpr-compliant
- www.usecarly.com/blog/zapier-agents-alternatives/
- aitoolgrade.com/review/zapier.html
- www.lindy.ai/pricing
- www.lindy.ai/security
- hackceleration.com/labs/review/lindy
- www.usecarly.com/blog/lindy-ai-review/
Prices and features as published by the vendors on the date checked. Tell us if something changed.
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