Pilla vs Lindy

Lindy is an AI agent for the inbox. Pilla is an AI agent for everyone who doesn't work in an inbox.

Compared against Lindy's own documentation on 21st May 2026

The short version

Choose Pilla if

Lindy is built for desk-bound knowledge workers acting through email and chat — not for deskless frontline teams.

Choose Lindy if

Lindy wins when the buyer is a single high-volume knowledge worker, exec, or sales rep whose pain is inbox and calendar chaos.

Pricing

Pilla

Usage-based pricing. From £29 per month for 1,000 workflow steps, scaling up to £1,749 per month for 1 million steps. Free to start, no per-seat fees. See full pricing.

Lindy

Per-seat with credit-metered usage: Plus $49.99/user/mo, Pro $99.99/user/mo, Max $199.99/user/mo, Enterprise sales-quoted. No free tier.

At a glance

CapabilityPillaLindy
Drag and drop canvas to build workflowsYesNo
20 different types of input workflow stepsYesNo
Mobile app to carry out workflow inputsYesNo
AI workflow steps to automate actionsYesYes
Unlimited teams and usersYesNo
In-app user messaging and chatsYesNo

How Lindy positions itself

Lindy calls itself "The Ultimate AI Assistant For Work" and centres the product on the line "designed for people who want an assistant that does work across their apps, not just a chatbot." It is sold as a pre-built AI employee for the executive, salesperson, or knowledge worker buried in email, meetings, and CRM updates. The core promise: triage your inbox, schedule and prep your meetings, take notes, draft follow-ups, and run cross-app errands across Gmail, Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, and Salesforce. Lindy reaches its user via iMessage, SMS, web, and a phone-agent product called Gaia.

When teams choose Lindy

Lindy wins when the buyer is a single high-volume knowledge worker, exec, or sales rep whose pain is inbox and calendar chaos. The Lindy Store ships pre-built agents for that exact persona, and the iMessage/SMS interface is genuinely frictionless — no app to install, just text. Lindy's strengths over Pilla are: 5,000+ integration breadth via partnerships, a fast voice-AI phone agent (Gaia, 1.1s response), Computer Use for browser tasks where no API exists, and SOC 2 + HIPAA + GDPR + PIPEDA depth. For a sales team that wants AI to triage replies and book calls, Lindy is purpose-built.

When Pilla wins

Lindy is built for desk-bound knowledge workers acting through email and chat — not for deskless frontline teams. It has no in-product team chat between workers, no native mobile app with push (iMessage/SMS instead), no checklist step, no photo/video/audio/signature/location field types in its Form integration, no issue-reporting surface on workflow runs, and no template-level completion analytics. Lindy Embed creates a public chat widget, but that is conversational, not a structured frontline form. Pilla wins when the buyer needs deskless workers running structured workflows on mobile or tablet, with team chat, photo evidence, location stamps, e-signatures, checklists, and an AI assistant talking to those workflow runs.

Full feature comparison

Pilla vs Lindy full feature comparison
PillaLindy
Workflows
Recurring workflow templates
YesYes
Ad-hoc workflow creation
YesYes
Reusable workflow blueprints
YesYes
Reusable element templates
YesYes
Custom tags & categories
YesYes
Issue reporting on workflows
YesNo
Activity audit trail
YesYes
Public template library
YesYes
Public forms (external submissions)
YesYes
CSV data exports
YesYes
Bulk operations
YesNot documented
Template impact analysis
YesNo
Template analytics & insights
YesNo
Input Steps
Text input
YesYes
Number input
YesNot documented
Date input
YesNot documented
Time input
YesNot documented
Location / clock-in input
YesNo
Checklist
YesNo
Single-choice input
YesYes
Multi-choice input
YesNot documented
Cascading select
YesNo
Rating scale
YesNo
Photo input
YesNo
Video input
YesNo
Audio note / input
YesNo
File input
YesNot documented
Signature input
YesNo
Guidance Steps
Rich text guidance
YesYes
Video guidance
YesNot documented
Photo guidance
YesNot documented
AI Steps
AI context briefing step
YesYes
AI decision gate step
YesYes
AI decision tree step
YesYes
AI automated action step
YesYes
Communication
In-app 1:1 direct messages
YesNo
Group team chats
YesNo
Team-wide broadcasts
YesNo
Photo, video & file attachments
YesNo
Threaded replies
YesNo
Emoji reactions
YesNo
@mention teammates
YesNo
Read receipts
YesNo
Push notifications on new message
YesNo
Messages linked to workflows
YesNo
In-app agent
Plain-English Q&A on how it works
YesNot documented
In-product walkthroughs and tutorials
YesNot documented
Saved chat history & resumable sessions
YesNot documented
Cites help docs and source data
YesNot documented
File feedback, bugs & feature requests from chat
YesNo
Q&A on your workflows
YesNot documented
Q&A on your team's performance
YesNo
Q&A across connected integrations
YesYes
Integrations & API
Native integrations
YesYes
100+ MCP integrations
YesNo
Public REST API
YesNot documented
Outbound webhooks
YesNot documented
MCP server (connect Claude / Cursor / other)
YesNo
IP allowlist on API keys
YesNot documented
Custom API rate limits
YesNot documented
Administration
User roles (staff / manager / admin)
YesYes
CSV user & team import
YesNo
Tenant-isolated data
YesYes
Account-wide audit logs
YesYes
Custom step run allowances
YesYes
Annual step run pooling
YesNo
SSO & SAML
YesYes
SCIM provisioning
YesYes
Dedicated success manager
YesYes
Custom onboarding
YesYes
Service-level agreement (SLA)
YesNot documented

Frequently asked questions

Is Pilla a good Lindy alternative?
Lindy is built for desk-bound knowledge workers acting through email and chat — not for deskless frontline teams.
What can Pilla do that Lindy can't?
Checked against Lindy's own documentation, Pilla offers issue reporting on workflows, template impact analysis, template analytics & insights, location / clock-in input, and checklist — none of which Lindy documents.
When should I choose Lindy over Pilla?
Lindy wins when the buyer is a single high-volume knowledge worker, exec, or sales rep whose pain is inbox and calendar chaos.
How much does Pilla cost compared to Lindy?
Pilla is priced on usage, not seats. Plans start free and scale from £29 per month for 1,000 workflow steps up to 1 million steps a month, so you only pay for what your team and Poppi actually run. Lindy has no free tier and starts at $49.99 per user, with credit-based usage allowance.

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