Lindy vs Relay.app

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The AI employee that connects to all your tools, knows everything about your company, and does real work for the whole team.

A workflow automation platform that is currently winding down and shutting down in 2026.

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Description

Lindy is an AI teammate and assistant designed to proactively manage your inbox, meetings, calendar, and workflows. Operating visually with no-code ease, it connects with over 1,000 apps and supports any Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Lindy can draft communications, take meeting notes, run complex scheduled workflows, and even build custom web apps via Lindy Build.

Relay.app is a workflow automation tool that is winding down its services. It will fully shut down on August 15, 2026 for free users and September 14, 2026 for paid customers. Existing users can export their workspaces, workflows, sequences, tables, and AI prompts during the wind-down period.

Key features

• Inbox management
• Meeting scheduling
• Meeting note taking
• Meeting prep & follow-up
• Email drafting
• Chat via iMessage / SMS
• 1,000+ integrations
• Computer use
• HIPAA compliance
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) support
• Lindy Build (AI web app builder)
• Workflow automation

• Workflows
• Sequences
• MCP servers
• AI prompts
• Tables
• Run history

Pros

• Offers a 7-day free trial providing full access to all Plus tier features.
• Model agnostic, allowing users to pick their model of choice for each task.
• Supports chat interaction via standard SMS and optimized iMessage.
• Includes built-in HIPAA compliance and enterprise-grade data encryption.
• Integrates with 1,000+ popular applications and any Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.
• Enables shared credit pooling so the entire team can draw from a single workspace balance.
• Provides Lindy Build, an AI feature for building web apps, internal dashboards, and websites in minutes.
• Drafts communications for user review rather than sending messages without approval.
• No long-term contract lock-in on the Plus plan, allowing cancellation at any time.

• Existing users can keep using Relay.app and running workflows through the end of the wind-down window.
• Users can export their workflows, sequences, and MCP servers as JSON files.
• Tables data can be exported as CSV files for seamless transition.
• Paid workspaces receive an additional 25,000 steps and 10,000 AI credits per month for free during the transition.
• Automatic prorated refunds are initiated for annual customers for the unused remainder of their billing period.
• Prorated refunds for annual customers are processed quickly within 5 business days.
• Paying customers get extended access for free for 60 days through September 14, 2026.
• Past invoices remain accessible to existing users via a dedicated link.

Cons

• No permanently free tier is listed on the pricing page (only a 7-day trial).
• Unused plan credits do not roll over to the next billing cycle and reset fresh monthly.
• Lindy pauses credit-using actions if the shared credit pool runs low before the next reset.
• Interface optimization is tailored for iMessage on iOS, leaving Android users with standard SMS.
• Dedicated onboarding and setup support are exclusive to Enterprise-level plans.
• No public developer API documentation is explicitly listed on the pricing or integration pages.

• The service is permanently shutting down in August/September 2026.
• New signups for the platform are now turned off.
• Free-to-paid upgrades are no longer available for existing free accounts.
• All associated user data will be permanently deleted after the respective shutdown deadlines.
• No mobile application is referenced on the main page.
• No open-source code version or self-hosting options were listed.

Pricing plans

• PlusUSD29.99/month
  • • Enough for everyday usage
  • • Standard usage
  • • Model agnostic
  • • One pool, whole team
• ProUSD99.99/month
  • • More usage, more power
  • • 5x more than Plus
  • • Model agnostic
  • • One pool, whole team
• MaxUSD199.99/month
  • • For the heaviest workloads
  • • ~12x more than Plus
  • • 40+ skills, plus create your own
  • • Team files with version history
• Enterprise—
  • • Enterprise adds SSO
  • • Audit logs
  • • HIPAA with a signed BAA

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