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Lindy vs VM0

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
Lindy from $49.99/seat/mo, VM0 from $20/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only VM0 (Lindy has paid plans only)
Higher Trust score
Lindy — 93 vs 75 for VM0
Best fit
Lindy: Sales, support and ops teams automating email triage, follow-ups and scheduling · VM0: Teams wanting scheduled, unattended agent runs like daily briefs or error scans
Platforms
Lindy: Web · VM0: Web, Slack app

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

LindyAI teammates that work inside email, calendar, meetings and a browser, built from triggers and skills without codeVM0AI teammate in Slack that chains 100+ integrations to finish real tasks from a plain-language goal.

Side by side

FactLindyVM0
CategoryAI Agents & Autonomous WorkersAI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$49.99/seat/mo$20/mo
Trust score93 / 10075 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, Slack app
CompanyCrivello CorpVM0
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Lindy

Lindy is for a business team that wants agents acting on real inboxes and calendars this week, with the plumbing to 1,500 apps already done; the skills library and meeting recorder make it closer to a junior colleague than a Zapier flow. The bill is credits per active user, and the free plan is now a seven-day trial rather than a standing tier, so a solo user who wants to run one automation for free should look elsewhere. Engineers who want to own the orchestration will find the canvas limiting.

Pros

  • Trigger-and-steps builder with 40+ reusable skills, no code required
  • Agents can send email, schedule, join meetings and operate a browser on Pro and above
  • 1,500+ integrations plus MCP server support
  • Credits are pooled across the team and top-ups are priced plainly at $10 per 1,000
  • Enterprise tier offers HIPAA with a signed BAA, SSO, SCIM and audit logs

Cons

  • Billing is per active user plus credits, so cost rises with both seats and volume
  • The free plan is a 7-day, $50-credit trial, not an ongoing allowance
  • No yearly pricing or public API is shown on the pricing page
  • Legal entity is Crivello Corp in Oregon, named only in the terms

VM0

VM0's isolation model, one Firecracker microVM per task with per-tool permissions, is a more explicit security story than most Slack-based agent tools offer. It's still a young product and its own marketing site blocked automated access during this review, so some details rely on secondary sources.

Pros

  • Chains actions across 100+ integrations from a single stated goal
  • Each task runs in its own isolated microVM rather than shared execution
  • Free plan available before any payment
  • Scheduled and recurring tasks run without a human re-prompting each time

Cons

  • Vendor's marketing site returned a 403 error during this research, so it could not be independently read
  • Company identity and headquarters location were not found anywhere

Which one fits

Choose Lindy if you need

  • Sales, support and ops teams automating email triage, follow-ups and scheduling
  • Founders who want one agent across Gmail, Slack, Notion and HubSpot without hiring an integrator
  • Teams that record and query their meetings and want the notes to trigger actions

Choose VM0 if you need

  • Teams wanting scheduled, unattended agent runs like daily briefs or error scans
  • Slack-first teams that don't want a separate agent dashboard
  • Anyone who wants explicit per-tool permission control on agent actions

Lindy vs VM0: the questions people ask

Is Lindy cheaper than VM0?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Lindy starts at $49.99/seat/mo, VM0 at $20/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Lindy or VM0 have a free tier?

VM0 has a free tier; Lindy has paid plans only.

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