Is Demi a good alternative to Lindy?

If you want an AI teammate rather than an agent builder, yes. Lindy hands you a canvas and a hundred integrations and expects you to assemble the worker. Demi arrives assembled, learns how you operate from the work itself, and starts staging drafts on your Mac the same afternoon.

How easy is it to switch from Lindy to Demi?

Easier than the build you already did. Download Demi for Mac, connect Gmail, Calendar, Slack and your CRM, and it begins without any triggers or instructions to port across. Nothing has to be rebuilt because nothing has to be built.

Does Lindy work outside Slack?

Lindy connects to over a hundred tools and can be reached in several places, but for most teams the agent is something you go to rather than something that is where you already are. Demi is a native Mac app, so it is on the machine where the call happened and the draft is needed.

What does Lindy cost compared to Demi?

Lindy publishes plans at $49.99, $99.99 and $199.99 a month with a 7-day trial and no free tier, and meters credits on top: $10 per thousand extra credits, $10 a month per phone number, $0.19 a minute for voice. Demi's pricing is published and does not meter how much work you hand over.

Is Lindy better for custom automation than Demi?

Yes, and that is the honest split. If you need a bespoke multi-step workflow nobody has written yet, Lindy is a builder and Demi is not. If what you need is the follow-up, the CRM update and the meeting note handled without you specifying them, that is Demi.

Is Demi easier for a team to adopt than Lindy?

Usually, because adoption does not depend on someone building first. With Lindy the value of the tool tracks the skill and time of whoever configures it. With Demi each person downloads it, connects their own tools, and gets a teammate that knows them.

Can Demi replace Lindy for email and CRM work?

For the common jobs, yes: triaging the inbox, drafting follow-ups after calls, updating deal records and writing up meetings are all things Demi does unprompted and stages for approval. For a genuinely bespoke automation, a builder is still the right tool.

Does Demi surface work before I ask for it?

Yes, and without a trigger being configured. Lindy runs when the event you specified fires. Demi watches how the day is going across your tools and brings you the thing that needs doing, which is the difference between automation and a teammate.

Is Demi secure enough for my organisation?

Demi is SOC 2 Type II certified, CASA Tier II assessed and Google-verified for restricted Gmail scopes. Your data is never used to train models, and every action is staged for your approval before it happens.

Can Demi integrate with the tools my team already uses?

Yes. Gmail and Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio, Notion, Linear, Asana, Granola and Zoom among others. The difference is that you connect them once rather than wiring each one into each agent you build.

Do I need technical skills to use Demi?

No. There is no canvas, no trigger logic and no prompt to maintain. If you can install a Mac app and sign in to Gmail, you can run Demi.

Is there a free trial of Demi?

Yes. Seven days free, no card required to start, cancel at any time. Lindy runs a 7-day trial as well, though it retired its free plan in early 2026.

The Lindy alternative

An AI teammate, not a build project

Demi arrives working. Connect your tools and it starts preparing real work on your Mac the same afternoon. Lindy is an agent builder: you wire the integrations, define the triggers, write the instructions, and then go to Slack to ask.

Download for Mac

Context from across your work
Prepared before you ask
You approve the next step

The same moment

5:05pm, Monday

Your call just ended. Lindy can write it, once you build the agent.

With Lindy, you build it first

Wire up the tools and pick a trigger
Write the prompt that defines a good one
Ask it to run, and watch the credit meter

With Demi, there was nothing to build

Picked it upRead the transcript, nothing configured
PulledThe pricing you quoted, off the deal record
DraftedThe follow-up to Nadia, in your own voice

No workflow to assemble. Approve and send

Trusted by professionals at

SOC 2 Type II
CASA Tier II
Google-verified app

Demi vs Lindy, side by side

Where it lives

Runs on the Mac your work is open on
Demi
Lindy
Slack and the web
Reaches you in Slack, where your team is
Demi
Lindy
Slack-native

What it takes to start

Useful within the first afternoon
Demi
Lindy
After you build it
No prompt to write or maintain
Demi
Lindy
Instructions per agent

You stay in control

Every action staged for your approval
Demi
Lindy
If you build it in
Your data is never used to train models
Demi
Lindy
See their terms

What it costs

One price, no metered usage
Demi
Lindy
Credit-metered
No per-minute or per-number add-ons
Demi
Lindy
Voice and numbers billed

Compiled from publicly available information. Last reviewed September 2026.

Which one is right for you

Choose Demi if

You want something useful this afternoon, not after a build.
Your work lives on a Mac and you want the teammate there too.
You would rather it learned your judgement than had it written down.
You want a bill that does not move with how much you use it.

Choose Lindy if

You want to design bespoke multi-step automations yourself.
You have someone whose job is to build and maintain them.
The workflows you need are specific enough that no default would fit.

One follow-up. One of them you have to design.

You have just come off a 40-minute call. Here is what each one needs before the first draft exists.

What you build in Lindy

BEFORE THE FIRST DRAFT

Trigger: when [which event, from which tool] happens.

Connect [the notetaker, the CRM, the inbox] and grant each one access.

Instructions: write a follow-up that [describe your own judgement, in prose], in a tone that is professional but warm.

Three things to specify before anything runs And to revise every time the job changes slightly.

What you set up in Demi

BEFORE THE FIRST DRAFT

Connect your tools. It watches how you already work and learns the rest.

The first drafts arrive the same afternoon, staged for approval.

One thing to do: connect The judgement is learned, not written down.

Setup you do once per job, forever

A builder asks you to describe the work before it will do any. Each of these is a decision you make, and revisit.

4 of 5

setup steps Demi does not ask for, that an agent builder needs before its first run.

1Choose the trigger and the tools it listens to
2Connect and authorise each integration to the agent
3Write instructions describing your own judgement
4Test it, then revise it when the job shifts
5Read it and approveStill yours

Counted from the process above, not from a benchmark. Recount it yourself.

Day one

It arrives already working

There is no canvas, no trigger to choose and no instruction block to write. Connect Gmail, Calendar, Slack and your CRM, and Demi starts preparing real work the same afternoon, staged for your approval.

Two minutes: Download, connect, review what it drafted.
Nothing to specify: It watches how you work instead of asking you to describe it.

DemiConnected

Ready in two minutes

Gmail
Google Calendar
Slack
HubSpot

Demi is reading across all four.

On your desk

It's on the Mac, not waiting in Slack

A built agent still has to be gone to. Demi sits on the machine where the call happened and the draft is needed, and it is in Slack as well when the team needs it there.

No round trip: The work and the teammate are on the same screen.
Both surfaces: Personal on every Mac, shared in your channels.

DemiReady for you

Context it already had

Nadia Brandt at Northwind
Three open items from the transcript
Security pack promised by Friday
Tiered pricing from the deal record

Send the follow-up

What you pay

The bill doesn't move with usage

Lindy prices a plan and then meters credits against it, with add-ons for phone numbers and per-minute voice. Demi has published pricing that does not ration how much you can hand over in a given week.

No credit maths: You never price a task before asking for it.
Free to try: Seven days, no card to start.

DemiWaiting on you

Staged, not sent

Northwind → Proposal sent

Next step: send the security pack
Due Friday, from what you promised

ApproveChange it

The same tools, without the wiring

Lindy connects to over a hundred tools, and you choose and configure each one per agent. Demi connects once and reads across all of them.

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Teams that run on Demi

Founders, sellers, recruiters, and the people who live in their inbox.

“As a founder, my inbox is a constant firehose. Demi shows me what needs attention, drafts responses in my voice, and keeps follow-ups moving.”
Samir DuttaFounder, Farsight AI
“Demi keeps every recruiting conversation organized, helps me prep faster, and makes follow-up feel thoughtful.”
Dana Schafer-SmithDirector, Technical Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins
“Demi preps me for every meeting, updates the CRM, and streamlines my sales motion without extra admin.”
Chase MacaioneHead of Global Sales, Valdera
“The best CEOs stay in touch, follow through, and show up prepared. Demi makes those habits feel effortless.”
Bing GordonDirector, Duolingo
“Demi sounds like me!”
Abby TorgglerProject Manager, Nen Creative

“As a founder, my inbox is a constant firehose. Demi shows me what needs attention, drafts responses in my voice, and keeps follow-ups moving.”
Samir DuttaFounder, Farsight AI
“Demi keeps every recruiting conversation organized, helps me prep faster, and makes follow-up feel thoughtful.”
Dana Schafer-SmithDirector, Technical Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins
“Demi preps me for every meeting, updates the CRM, and streamlines my sales motion without extra admin.”
Chase MacaioneHead of Global Sales, Valdera
“The best CEOs stay in touch, follow through, and show up prepared. Demi makes those habits feel effortless.”
Bing GordonDirector, Duolingo
“Demi sounds like me!”
Abby TorgglerProject Manager, Nen Creative

“Demi lets me respond to customers instantly while keeping every reply thoughtful, concise, and personal, adapting to exactly what I need and giving me hours back every week.”
Matthew DumonCustomer Success Manager, Avoca
“Demi is the sales-tuned drafting assistant I could never quite get another tool to be. Takes the drudgery out of replies, recaps, and follow-ups so I can sell faster and more tailored.”
Michael ChapmanEnterprise Account Executive, Spellbook
“Demi’s drafts are so good I can often just hit send. It feels like it already knows what I was going to say.”
Kush AgarwalDirector, AI Deployment, Further AI
“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Demi. I am always so shocked with the drafts it creates for email replies - it's always so spot on with my voice.”
Emma SturtevantFounder, Emma Sturtevant Career Coaching

“Demi lets me respond to customers instantly while keeping every reply thoughtful, concise, and personal, adapting to exactly what I need and giving me hours back every week.”
Matthew DumonCustomer Success Manager, Avoca
“Demi is the sales-tuned drafting assistant I could never quite get another tool to be. Takes the drudgery out of replies, recaps, and follow-ups so I can sell faster and more tailored.”
Michael ChapmanEnterprise Account Executive, Spellbook
“Demi’s drafts are so good I can often just hit send. It feels like it already knows what I was going to say.”
Kush AgarwalDirector, AI Deployment, Further AI
“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Demi. I am always so shocked with the drafts it creates for email replies - it's always so spot on with my voice.”
Emma SturtevantFounder, Emma Sturtevant Career Coaching

“As a founder, my inbox is a constant firehose. Demi shows me what needs attention, drafts responses in my voice, and keeps follow-ups moving.”
Samir DuttaFounder, Farsight AI
“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Demi. I am always so shocked with the drafts it creates for email replies - it's always so spot on with my voice.”
Emma SturtevantFounder, Emma Sturtevant Career Coaching

“Demi lets me respond to customers instantly while keeping every reply thoughtful, concise, and personal, adapting to exactly what I need and giving me hours back every week.”
Matthew DumonCustomer Success Manager, Avoca
“Demi preps me for every meeting, updates the CRM, and streamlines my sales motion without extra admin.”
Chase MacaioneHead of Global Sales, Valdera

“Demi is the sales-tuned drafting assistant I could never quite get another tool to be. Takes the drudgery out of replies, recaps, and follow-ups so I can sell faster and more tailored.”
Michael ChapmanEnterprise Account Executive, Spellbook
“Demi keeps every recruiting conversation organized, helps me prep faster, and makes follow-up feel thoughtful.”
Dana Schafer-SmithDirector, Technical Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins

“The best CEOs stay in touch, follow through, and show up prepared. Demi makes those habits feel effortless.”
Bing GordonDirector, Duolingo
“Demi sounds like me!”
Abby TorgglerProject Manager, Nen Creative
“Demi’s drafts are so good I can often just hit send. It feels like it already knows what I was going to say.”
Kush AgarwalDirector, AI Deployment, Further AI

Up and running in minutes

01
Download Demi
Add your new teammate to your Mac. It sits in the dock like anything else.
02
Connect your tools
Gmail, Calendar, Slack, your CRM. Demi picks up the context from the accounts you choose.
03
See what Demi found
Keep working. Demi surfaces what needs you, with the next step already prepared.

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Demi vs Lindy
questions

If you want an AI teammate rather than an agent builder, yes. Lindy hands you a canvas and a hundred integrations and expects you to assemble the worker. Demi arrives assembled, learns how you operate from the work itself, and starts staging drafts on your Mac the same afternoon.
Easier than the build you already did. Download Demi for Mac, connect Gmail, Calendar, Slack and your CRM, and it begins without any triggers or instructions to port across. Nothing has to be rebuilt because nothing has to be built.
Lindy connects to over a hundred tools and can be reached in several places, but for most teams the agent is something you go to rather than something that is where you already are. Demi is a native Mac app, so it is on the machine where the call happened and the draft is needed.
Lindy publishes plans at $49.99, $99.99 and $199.99 a month with a 7-day trial and no free tier, and meters credits on top: $10 per thousand extra credits, $10 a month per phone number, $0.19 a minute for voice. Demi's pricing is published and does not meter how much work you hand over.
Yes, and that is the honest split. If you need a bespoke multi-step workflow nobody has written yet, Lindy is a builder and Demi is not. If what you need is the follow-up, the CRM update and the meeting note handled without you specifying them, that is Demi.
Usually, because adoption does not depend on someone building first. With Lindy the value of the tool tracks the skill and time of whoever configures it. With Demi each person downloads it, connects their own tools, and gets a teammate that knows them.
For the common jobs, yes: triaging the inbox, drafting follow-ups after calls, updating deal records and writing up meetings are all things Demi does unprompted and stages for approval. For a genuinely bespoke automation, a builder is still the right tool.
Yes, and without a trigger being configured. Lindy runs when the event you specified fires. Demi watches how the day is going across your tools and brings you the thing that needs doing, which is the difference between automation and a teammate.
Demi is SOC 2 Type II certified, CASA Tier II assessed and Google-verified for restricted Gmail scopes. Your data is never used to train models, and every action is staged for your approval before it happens.
Yes. Gmail and Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio, Notion, Linear, Asana, Granola and Zoom among others. The difference is that you connect them once rather than wiring each one into each agent you build.
No. There is no canvas, no trigger logic and no prompt to maintain. If you can install a Mac app and sign in to Gmail, you can run Demi.
Yes. Seven days free, no card required to start, cancel at any time. Lindy runs a 7-day trial as well, though it retired its free plan in early 2026.

Where Lindy slows you down

Nothing happens until you build it
Lindy is a builder, and a good one. It is also a blank canvas: until you have connected the tools, chosen the trigger and written what the agent should do, there is no agent. The work of specifying the work is yours.
Then it waits in Slack for you
Once built, a Lindy runs where you put it, and for most teams that is Slack. It is not on the Mac where the call happened, the document is open and the draft needs writing.
A plan price and a credit meter
Plans run $49.99, $99.99 and $199.99 a month with no free tier, and usage is metered in credits on top. Extra credits are $10 per thousand, phone numbers $10 a month, voice calls $0.19 a minute. What you can hand over depends on the balance.

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