Comparisons · Checked November 11, 2026
Brigade vs Lindy
Lindy is polished and hosted, but every task spends its credits, on top of any AI plan you already have, and its code is closed. Brigade runs the official Claude Code and Codex on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, so there is no second AI bill, the same teammates also write and ship code, and the whole product is open source.
What Lindy is
Lindy is a hosted platform for building AI agents and assistants for business workflows such as email, meetings, sales and support. Its paid plans are billed per user and metered in credits.
Side by side
| Brigade | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An open-source app that gives your company a team of AI teammates, each one the official Claude Code or Codex with a job, its own computer, the Apps you give it and a shared memory. | A hosted platform for AI agents and assistants for business workflows. |
| Jobs it covers | Support, marketing, sales and code, each teammate with one job. | Email, meetings, sales, support and other business workflows. |
| Who pays for AI | Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. Brigade never bills you for AI usage. | Lindy’s own credits, included in each plan, with top-ups. |
| Price | Free on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan. | Paid plans reported from about $30 per user per month (3,000 credits) up to about $200; check lindy.ai/pricing. |
| Code | Teammates write, test and ship code, with pull requests and previews. | Not its focus. |
| Open source | Yes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself. | No. |
Pick Lindy if
- You want a no-setup hosted assistant and do not use Claude or ChatGPT plans.
- Your work is mainly meetings and email, with no code.
Pick Brigade if
- You already pay for Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro and do not want a second AI bill.
- You want the same team to handle code as well as support, marketing and sales.
- You want to read the code that holds your passwords and your customers’ email.
Where Brigade is weaker
- On the free plan, teammates work only while your computer is on. Brigade Cloud gives them one that stays on.
- Teammates run Claude Code or Codex; other harnesses and models are not supported yet.
- You talk to teammates in Brigade’s app and by email, not in WhatsApp or Telegram.
Try it
Click around the live demo (no sign-up), read the docs, or read the code on GitHub.
Sources
What this page says about Lindy comes from these pages, checked on November 11, 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, open an issue on GitHub.