# Lindy vs Zo Computer

> Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) to Lindy's 32.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer.md (~2,700 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~730 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer.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: 2026-10-12

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.

- Lindy: grade F, 32.3/100, rank #968 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lindy.json
- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #911 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 190 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 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Lindy | Zo Computer | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 24 | 15 | Lindy +9 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 32 | 73 | Zo Computer +41 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 34 | Lindy +9 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 37 | Lindy +12 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Zo Computer +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 9 | 68 | Zo Computer +59 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 60 | Zo Computer +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **32.3 · F** | **43.1 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Lindy | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2025-10-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-24 | 2025-08-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not 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.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zo-computer.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "lindy", "b": "zo-computer"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare lindy zo-computer`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lindy.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json

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