# Lindy vs szn > Lindy scores 32.3 (F) to szn's 7.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.md (~3,200 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 Lindy scores 32.3 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message. - Lindy: grade F, 32.3/100, rank #974 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lindy.json - szn: grade F, 7.3/100, rank #1010 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Lindy (F) 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: - Reliability, 24 against 5 - Schema & documentation, 32 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 43 against 0 - Security & auth, 49 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 35 against 20 - Maintenance & community, 9 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 52 against 23 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card Watch for: The integrations page says approval settings apply in shared Slack threads only. Web chat, Slack direct messages, iMessage and SMS are not covered, and reads are never covered. ### szn (F) Good for: A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where Lindy loses 3 points for them Watch for: Early access by access code only. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Lindy | szn | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 24 | 5 | Lindy +19 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 32 | 10 | Lindy +22 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 0 | Lindy +43 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 0 | Lindy +49 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 20 | Lindy +15 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 9 | 2 | Lindy +7 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 23 | Lindy +29 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **32.3 · F** | **7.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Lindy | szn | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) | Nomadic Futures | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published | Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply. | | Read-only variant documented | no | yes | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | 2025-10-21 | none | | Terms last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | 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 | | ## Verdicts **Lindy.** Lindy keeps what it remembers in files the owner can read and edit, and publishes credit prices. Its approval setting applies in shared Slack threads only, so writes asked for by direct message, text or web chat run unasked, which its pricing page does not say. It has no status page, and its changelog stops in October 2025. **szn.** szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training. ## Before you call either ### Lindy 1. Treat a request sent by direct message, text or web chat as unguarded. Approval prompts appear in shared Slack threads only. 2. Run a routine as a dry run before turning it on. A dry run reads real data and sends, posts and writes nothing. 3. Turn off unused tools after adding an MCP server. Every supported tool arrives switched on, and a large server adds more than a hundred. 4. Expect a billed seat for anyone who mentions Lindy in Slack. A teammate who joins that way has seven free days first. 5. Connect only hosted MCP servers on public HTTPS with streamable HTTP, the one kind the docs describe. ### szn 1. Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner. 2. Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Lindy or szn? Lindy scores 32.3 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "lindy", "b": "szn"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare lindy szn` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lindy.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json ## Other comparisons with Lindy or szn - [asaply vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lindy.md) - [asaply vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.md) - [Asmi vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lindy.md) - [Asmi vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-szn.md) - [AstrBot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-szn.md) - [Boba vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.md) - [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md) - [Boski vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.md) - [Brea vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lindy.md) - [Brea vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.md) - [Caddy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.md) - 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[Lindy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-talorys.md) - [szn vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.