Who it helps
CommunicateYour customers, on your website
LindyYour own team, in Slack and email
Lindy alternative
The Lindy alternative when the job is answering your customers, not helping your team.
Lindy is an AI teammate for your own staff: Slack, inbox, meetings, priced per user from $29.99 a month. Communicate answers your customers on your website and hands hard chats to your team: Starter is $39 a month for 3 seats. Try it for a one-time $1.
One-time $1 activation · 100 credits included · No automatic subscription
VisitorAnswer
Answers your website visitors.
Lindy helps your staff.
Your help center. Your inbox. Your team.
Compare Communicate and Lindy row by rowCommunicate vs Lindy
Every row, as each one publishes it.
Lindy wins on internal work: Slack, meetings, email drafts, model choice, thousands of integrations, and SOC 2. Communicate wins on a customer chat widget, a Shared Inbox, and per-Plan pricing. All of it is below.
How you start
Communicate$1 once: 100 credits that never expire, nothing renews
Lindy7-day free trial through Slack
Price for 3 people
CommunicateStarter: $39 a month
LindyPlus: $29.99 per user, about $90 a month
Website chat widget
CommunicateEvery Plan
LindyNot listed on its pricing page
Approvals
CommunicateMember-required Actions
LindyApprovals built in
AI models
CommunicateOne model
LindyAll models
Security certifications
CommunicateNo SOC 2 or ISO yet
LindySOC 2; HIPAA on Enterprise
Lindy figures come from lindy.ai/pricing, checked on 3 October 2026. “About $90” is 3 × $29.99. “Not listed” means the pricing page does not show it; check with Lindy if it matters to you.
What each one is built for
Different jobs, different buyers.
From lindy.ai/pricing and our Plans, checked on 3 October 2026.
01 · $39
Communicate Starter
3 seats and 3,000 AI replies a month, for customer chats on your site.
02 · $29.99
Lindy Plus, per user
3k credits per user a month, for an AI teammate in Slack and your inbox.
03 · Lindy wins
On internal work
Meeting notes, email drafts, scheduling, thousands of integrations, SOC 2, and HIPAA on Enterprise.
What changes
Lindy works for your team. Communicate works for your customers.
Lindy drafts your emails, takes meeting notes, and runs routines in Slack. It is not a chat widget for visitors. If you need customer support on your site, that is a different tool.
- 01
Built for visitors
A chat widget on your site, answering from your help pages.
- 02
Priced by Plan, not per user
Starter: $39 for 3 seats. Teammate replies never use credits.
- 03
A Shared Inbox
Assign handed-off chats. 3 seats on Starter, 10 on Growth.
Used in production
Already answering customer questions.
- Teams building software
- Teams making content
- Teams running everyday tools
- Autoposting
- Vrid
- Niyam
- FAAD Network
- Nimblocity
Pure Digital- QCall
- Serri
- The Medical Insurance Exchange
How it works
Put an Agent in front of your customers.
About 5 minutes to a first answer, on your own website.
Knowledge
ConnectedHelp center
Ready for answers
Pricing page
Ready for answers
Policies
Ready for answers
Handoff rules
SavedUpset customer
Hand off
Refund
Member required
How-to
Agent answers
Widget
LiveSite
yourbrand.com
Agent
Answering
Inbox
3 seats
Designed for the edge cases
What you get on every Plan.
Plans differ only in credits, seats, and Agents.
01
AI Agents with sources
Answers grounded in your website and files.
Removesanswering the same question by hand.
02
Shared Inbox
Assign and take over chats with full history.
Removesa separate live chat tool.
03
In-App Messages
Reach the right people inside your product.
Removesa separate nudge tool.
04
API, MCP, and CLI
Work with Conversations and Agents from code or an AI assistant.
Removesa custom chat backend.
AI Agents with sources
Shared Inbox
In-App Messages
API, MCP, and CLI
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FAQ
What Lindy buyers ask before they choose.
Including the cases where Lindy is the better fit.
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An Agent for your customers.
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