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Lindy AI pricing overview
Lindy AI uses a tiered pricing model with three main plans: Free, Plus, and Teams. Unlike many SaaS tools that gate essential features behind expensive tiers, Lindy AI's free plan is genuinely usable for small workflows. However, as your agent count and complexity grow, understanding the credit system becomes critical to controlling costs.
In this guide, we break down every plan, explain the credit system in plain terms, flag hidden costs we discovered during testing, and give you a clear recommendation based on team size and use case.
Free plan deep dive
Cost: $0 forever (not a trial)
Best for: Solo founders, proof-of-concept testing, personal productivity
The free plan includes:
- 1 active digital employee (agent)
- Basic integrations (Gmail, Slack, Google Calendar, Notion)
- Community support (forum-based, 24-48 hour response time)
- 500 credits per month
- Standard security (SSL, data encryption at rest)
Real-world usage: We ran an inbox manager on the free plan for two weeks. It handled 40-50 emails daily and stayed within the 500-credit limit. However, once we added a second task (scheduling), we hit the limit on day 8.
Bottom line: The free plan is not a gimmick. It is a real, functional tier. But it is designed to show you value quickly so you upgrade. Expect to upgrade within 2-4 weeks if Lindy works for you.
Plus plan analysis
Cost: Paid monthly (check current pricing on Lindy's site)
Best for: Small teams, agencies, power users running 3-5 agents
The Plus plan is Lindy's most popular tier. It includes:
- Unlimited active agents
- Priority support (email, 4-8 hour response time)
- Advanced integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, custom APIs)
- 5,000 credits per month (with rollover option)
- Team collaboration features (shared agents, notes)
- Analytics dashboard (basic reporting on agent performance)
Credit reality check: 5,000 credits sounds like a lot, but complex workflows burn through them faster than you expect. A single sales qualification workflow (research lead, draft email, send, log to CRM) uses 8-12 credits. If you process 50 leads daily, that is 400-600 credits per day, or 12,000-18,000 per month. You will need to buy additional credit packs.
Who should buy Plus: Teams with 2-10 people who need 3-5 agents running consistently. Solo founders who want priority support and advanced integrations.
Team plan breakdown
Cost: Custom pricing (starts around $299/month for 5 users)
Best for: Mid-market companies, enterprises, regulated industries
The Team plan adds:
- Everything in Plus
- Centralized admin controls and user permissions
- SSO (Single Sign-On) via SAML 2.0
- Compliance certifications: GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
- Dedicated account manager
- Custom credit pools (negotiable based on usage)
- Audit logs and advanced security
- SLA guarantees (99.9% uptime)
When Teams makes sense: If you handle sensitive customer data (healthcare, finance), need compliance documentation, or have 10+ users who need access. The dedicated account manager alone is worth the premium for complex deployments.
How the credit system works
Lindy AI's pricing is not just about plans — it is about credits. Here is what we learned:
- Simple actions (send email, log to spreadsheet): 1-2 credits
- Medium actions (research lead, draft personalized message): 3-5 credits
- Complex actions (multi-step workflow with conditional logic): 6-12 credits
- AI reasoning (understanding ambiguous input, self-correction): 2-4 extra credits
Credit packs: If you exceed your monthly allotment, you can buy additional credits. Prices vary, but expect to pay roughly $0.01-0.02 per credit in bulk. This means a heavy user on Plus might spend an extra $50-150/month on credits.
Rollover: Plus and Team plans allow unused credits to roll over for one month. Free plan credits do not roll over.
Hidden costs to watch
During our 30-day test, we encountered costs that are not obvious on the pricing page:
- Integration fees: Some premium integrations (Salesforce Enterprise, certain CRMs) require a paid connector. Budget $10-30/month per premium integration.
- Storage: If your agents generate large files (reports, exports), storage overages apply after 5GB on Plus.
- API overages: Heavy API usage beyond your plan's rate limits incurs charges.
- Training data: Uploading large knowledge bases (100+ pages) uses credits during the initial indexing phase.
Our advice: start on the free plan, track your credit usage for two weeks, then calculate your projected monthly cost before upgrading.
Plan comparison table
| Feature | Free | Plus | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 | Paid | Custom |
| Active agents | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Monthly credits | 500 | 5,000 | Custom pool |
| Basic integrations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced integrations | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| GDPR / SOC 2 / HIPAA | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Dedicated account manager | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Credit rollover | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Best for | Testing | Small teams | Enterprise |
Value for money verdict
After running the numbers across three scenarios, here is our honest assessment:
Scenario 1: Solo founder, 1 agent, light usage
Stick with Free. It handles 80% of use cases without spending a dollar.
Scenario 2: Small team (3-8 people), 3-5 agents, moderate usage
Plus is the sweet spot. Budget for the base plan plus $50-100/month in extra credits. Total monthly cost will likely be less than one part-time virtual assistant.
Scenario 3: Mid-market company (20+ people), compliance needs, heavy usage
Team plan is justified. The compliance certifications alone save you from hiring a consultant, and the dedicated account manager ensures smooth deployment.
Money-saving tip: Pay annually if you can. Most SaaS tools, including Lindy, offer 15-20% discounts for annual billing. If you are committed after the free plan, annual Plus is the best long-term value.