Honest comparison
Conduit vs Lindy: a general AI teammate vs a dedicated front desk
Lindy sells an AI teammate that takes on roles — research, inbox, support, and a receptionist that answers calls, books and texts the confirmation — billed per user in monthly credits that every task draws from. Its pricing page was showing two entry tiers when we read it, $29.99/user/mo for 3,000 credits or $49.99 for 5,000, with 35,000 credits at $199.99 and larger tiers above that (October 2026, per lindy.ai; verified 2026-10-11). Check their site for current pricing and what a call minute costs in credits.
Prices verified 2026-10-11 · source: lindy.ai/pricing
Side by side
The same nine questions, asked of both
- Entry price and what it includes
- Lindy$29.99/user/mo for 3,000 credits, or $49.99 for 5,000 (the page is testing both) — shared across every task
- ConduitSolo $79/mo — 150 minutes, 300 texts, every capability
- What happens past the allowance
- LindyCredit-using actions pause until your credits reset; top-ups are $10 per 1,000 credits, or move to a bigger plan
- ConduitMessage-taking; optional one-time packs; no overage billing, ever
- What counts against the allowance
- LindyCredits; what a call minute costs in credits isn't fixed on their pricing page
- ConduitOnly a real person talking to the assistant; spam, robocalls and hang-ups under ten seconds are refunded
- Books into your calendar
- LindyGoogle Calendar and Calendly among its integrations
- ConduitEvery plan — two-way Google Calendar, capacity-aware, no double-booking
- Texting
- LindyTexts the confirmation, per its receptionist page; how business-texting registration is handled isn't stated
- ConduitConfirmations, reminders, missed-call text-back, mid-call links — once carrier registration clears (we file and chase it)
- Emergency path
- LindyNot stated; it follows the instructions you write
- ConduitPuts the caller through to you, then texts each emergency contact in turn until someone opens the alert
- Disclosure
- LindyNot stated; it follows the instructions you write
- ConduitEvery call opens with the AI-and-recording sentence; it can't be removed
- Owner visibility
- LindyA daily call log; anything outside your instructions becomes a message for you
- ConduitEvery recording and transcript in Calls; one briefing every morning; every lead written down
- Trial / guarantee
- LindyFree start: $50 in credits for 7 days, no card
- ConduitNo trial; free setup; 30-day money-back on the first payment
Lindy pricing and features are read from their own published pages and were verified on 2026-10-11 (October 11, 2026). Plans change — check their site before deciding. Trademarks belong to their owners; named for identification only.
If your team already wants an AI teammate for email, research and support, Lindy's receptionist role puts the phone on the same bill, and its entry tiers cost less than Conduit Solo. Its calls draw on the same credit pool as every other task and you write its instructions yourself; Conduit Solo is $79 for 150 minutes with the disclosure, the emergency path and the no-price-quotes rule fixed in the product, carrier registration filed and chased for you, and no overage. Pick Lindy for one assistant across many jobs; pick Conduit if the phone is the job.
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Questions
Common questions
Couldn't I build what Conduit does on Lindy?
Much of it, with effort. The hard part to rebuild is the whole: booking that can't double-book, US business-texting registration filed and chased for you, and the disclosure, no-price-quotes and emergency rules enforced by the product rather than by a prompt you wrote once.
Which is cheaper?
For light use, Lindy's entry tier is cheaper on paper — $29.99 or $49.99 a user, depending on the version of its pricing page you see (October 2026, per lindy.ai) — but call minutes come out of the same credits as everything else, so the real cost moves with volume. Conduit Solo is $79 a month for 150 minutes with no overage.
Can I switch from Lindy to Conduit?
Yes. Your number stays yours: build your assistant free, pick a plan when you're ready, and point your call forwarding at your assistant's number. Forwarding is reversible, so switching back is pointing it back. Calls work from day one; texting switches on once carrier registration clears.
Prices on this page verified 2026-10-11 · Trademarks belong to their owners; named for identification only.