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Head to head · Assistant proactive · October 2026 research run

Lindy vs Zo Computer

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Lindy's 32.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lindy leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do assistant proactive.

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LindyCrivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) · Platform F32.3/100#968 of 986 Zo ComputerZo Computer Company · HTTP API E43.1/100#911 of 986

Which one, for what

Lindy F

Best 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 15
  • Agent ergonomics, 43 against 34
  • Security & auth, 49 against 37

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.

Zo Computer E

Best for One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 73 against 32
  • Payments & pricing, 40 against 35
  • Maintenance & community, 68 against 9
  • Transparency & trust, 60 against 52

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • No incidents deducted, where Lindy loses 3 points for them

Watch for

The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runLindyZo ComputerEdge
Reliability16%202415Lindy +9
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.23273Zo Computer +41
Agent ergonomics13%16.24334Lindy +9
Security & auth14%17.54937Lindy +12
Payments & pricing10%12.53540Zo Computer +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8968Zo Computer +59
Transparency & trust7%8.85260Zo Computer +8
Negative events≤15-30
TotalF 32.3/100E 43.1/100

Facts side by side

FactLindyZo Computer
KindPlatformHTTP API
VendorCrivello Corp (doing business as Lindy)Zo Computer Company
Hosted endpointno (local only)https://api.zo.computer/mcp
TransportsHTTP
AuthOAuthAPI key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is publishedProprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2025-10-212026-09-14
Terms last updated2026-09-242025-08-08
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-282026-05-20
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyesnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyesnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryesnot found in the text

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.

Zo Computer

Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.

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.

Zo Computer

  1. Send POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask with Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_... and an input string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced
  2. Pass persona_id for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has
  3. Set memory_mode to off to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide
  4. Do not retry /zo/ask blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message
  5. Append .md to any guide or reference URL for Markdown

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Lindy or Zo Computer?

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Lindy's 32.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lindy leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth.

Can an agent call Lindy and Zo Computer without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for Lindy. Zo Computer has a hosted endpoint at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.

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