# Lindy vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to Lindy's 32.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Lindy's 32.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Lindy: F 32.3, rank #968 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md
- 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. Also Free to start without a card.
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 24; Schema & documentation, 84 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 43; Security & auth, 74 against 49; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35; Maintenance & community, 86 against 9; Transparency & trust, 68 against 52. Also Open source.

| Category | Lindy | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 24 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 9 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lindy | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-10-21 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | no document linked |
| 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 | none | 392k stars |