# CowAgent vs Lindy (slim)

> CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) to Lindy's 32.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lindy's 32.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Lindy leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- CowAgent: C 58.5, rank #591 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md
- Lindy: F 32.3, rank #968 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.min.md
- CowAgent, good for One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers. Ahead on Reliability, 84 against 24; Schema & documentation, 67 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 43; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35; Maintenance & community, 83 against 9. Also Open source.
- Lindy, good for Lindy suits a person or small team that lives in Slack and Google or Microsoft mail and wants briefs, drafts, scheduling and meeting notes done on a schedule. Ahead on Security & auth, 49 against 43; Transparency & trust, 52 against 45.

| Category | CowAgent | Lindy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 24 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 32 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 43 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 9 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CowAgent | Lindy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | zhayujie | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2025-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-28 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 47k stars | none |