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The Murage app is free for everyone who installs it. Your bots run on the AI plan you already pay for.
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Lindy
Murage vs Lindy
Lindy is an AI teammate in Slack from $29.99 per user. Murage is a free team of AI agents on your computer.
The short answer
Lindy gives each person a hosted assistant in Slack, priced per user. Murage runs a team on your computer, on the AI you already pay for.
Which should you choose?Murage
- The app is free
- On your computer
- The AI you choose
Who does the work: A Chief of Staff and a team
Lindy- $29.99 per user a month
- Runs in their cloud
- One teammate
Who does the work: One agent
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Checked against official pages and the sources below on September 25, 2026.
At a glance.
Ten things buyers weigh up, including the ones where they’re ahead.
What matters
Murage
Lindy
The app itself is free
You choose which AI company does the work
YesPer bot: Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, a local model and more
Named agents that keep their memory
YesNamed bots, each with its own notebook and managed memory
Asks before acting outside, by default
Memory stored on your computer
YesMemory, files and chats on your computer
Open source
NoClosed source
Reach it from your phone
YesThe web app, plus your Chief in Telegram, Slack or Discord
Keeps working with your computer off, today
NoMurage Cloud isn’t open yet
Native phone app
ComingiPhone and Android app coming
SOC 2 report
NoNo SOC 2 report
Each of Lindy’s marks links the page it comes from, checked September 25, 2026. “Not stated” means we couldn’t find it on the page named, not that it’s missing.
What a year costs.
The Murage app is
Free
Lindy
$359.88
A year, one person, entry plan
Murage · the appFree
Murage + Claude Pro · the AI you’d pay for anyway$240
Lindy · Plus plan, per user$359.88
Per person: a team of five pays five times this. Lindy’s price includes AI use, measured in credits. Murage is free but doesn’t include the AI: add the AI plan or key you bring. Claude Pro is $20 a month billed monthly; any plan or key you already have works instead. Prices from official pricing pages, billed monthly unless noted, checked September 25, 2026.
Where your work lives.
Murage
Your computer
MemoryFilesChats
Lindy
You
Their cloud
MemoryFilesChats
Who does the work.
Murage
Lindy
What Murage adds for a Lindy user.
The brief
“Go through my inbox before I get in. Draft replies in my voice. Send nothing.”
What came back
Twelve emails came in. The team drafted eight replies, set four aside, and left two questions only the owner could answer. Nothing was sent.
Needs from you, in the team’s own report
- Dana Brooks, Acme Studio · RenewalThe prior contract terms
- Jordan Lee, Brightline Design · Pricing for 20 seatsThe per-seat price, and whether we offer a pilot
- Priya S. · Export to PDF?Confirm the exact steps
- Ben C. · Refund requestMoney. Check the billing record first
A team of specialists
Several bots with different roles, built and run by a Chief of Staff.
Memory on your disk
Lindy keeps memory as editable files on its servers. Murage stores yours on your computer.
Open source
Read the code, and keep it running whatever happens.
Where Lindy is ahead.
Fair’s fair. If one of these matters most to you, it may be the better choice today.
- 1
Two-minute Slack install
No download: an admin connects Slack and everyone can @mention it.
- 2
Always on, with a notetaker
Hosted and scheduled, and it joins your meetings. Murage has no meeting notetaker and no iMessage.
- 3
Compliance
SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA with a signed BAA on Enterprise.
- 4
Spend control
It pauses and tells you when credits run low, and admins set credits per seat. Murage has no per-bot spend caps yet.
Which should you choose?
Lindy gives each person a hosted assistant in Slack, priced per user. Murage runs a team on your computer, on the AI you already pay for.
Choose Murage if
- You want no per-seat fee, and a team of specialists built by a Chief of Staff
- You want memory on your own computer and open-source code
Choose Lindy if
- You want every person to get an assistant in Slack or iMessage with nothing to install, plus a meeting notetaker
- You need SOC 2 Type II, or HIPAA with a signed BAA on Enterprise, and credit controls per seat, today
Still deciding? Read how we check that a job is finished, then try one of your own.
Every detail.
| Question | Murage | Lindy |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free. No paid tier | $29.99 per user a month. The 7-day trial applies to teammates who join through Slack; direct sign-ups are billed right away |
| Usage | Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead | Credits per plan |
| Where it runs | On your computer | Lindy’s cloud, used in Slack, iMessage, email and the browser |
| Which AI | The engine you choose, per bot: Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, Cursor, Google Antigravity, Kimi, Qwen, Droid, OpenCode, Pi, Fuigo (built in), local models (Ollama, LM Studio) and any OpenAI-compatible API (chat only). OpenClaw is coming. | Model selection across providers |
| Where memory lives | On your computer, open to read and edit | Editable files, hosted by Lindy |
| Open source | Yes, AGPL-3.0 | No |
| Keeps working with your laptop closed | Not today. It runs while your computer is on; Murage Cloud isn’t open yet | Yes |
| Integrations | 1,500+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus MCP servers (plug-ins that give bots new tools) | Its own integrations, plus MCP |
| Approvals | New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off. On Claude Code and Codex, the stop line also covers tools from MCP servers you add. On Hermes and other ACP engines, Ask and the stop line cover only what the engine asks Murage about: Hermes asks before shell commands and file edits, but not before MCP or connected-app tools. | Anything with outside impact waits for a named approver |
| Teams | A Chief of Staff builds and runs a team for each job | One teammate per person or channel |
Questions about Murage and Lindy.
Is there a per-user price for Murage?
No. The app is free for everyone who installs it. Each person uses their own AI plan or key.
Can my staff use it too?
Yes. Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with their own AI sign-in. Build a team once, export it, and everyone imports the same bots, skills and routines; logins never travel. Bots can post drafts to your team’s Slack channels through connected apps, with your approval. Shared always-on workspaces will come with Murage Cloud, which isn’t open yet.
AGPL scares my company. Should it?
Running Murage unmodified inside your company doesn’t require you to publish anything, and the license covers Murage’s code, not the work your bots produce. AGPL’s source-sharing duty applies if you change Murage and distribute it, or let other people use your changed version over a network: then you share those changes. It also means nobody, including us, can take the code closed later. This isn’t legal advice; have your counsel read the license.
Sources, checked September 25, 2026
Murage is made by Ferrox Labs, a small team. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
Lindy is a trademark of its owner. Murage is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; the names and logos are used only to identify the products compared.
Other comparisons.
- Murage with Claude CodeThe best agent for Claude. Murage runs it and gives it a team for the rest of the business.
- Murage with Codex (ChatGPT Work)OpenAI’s agent for code and work. Murage runs the official Codex CLI as one bot on a mixed team.
- Murage vs Claude (Cowork)Claude’s own agent for everyday work. Murage uses the same plan through Claude Code and adds a standing, mixed team.
- Murage vs PaperclipA server for technical operators who run agents through tickets and hard budgets. Murage is the app you talk to: a Chief of Staff builds and runs the team.
- Murage vs OpenClawThe biggest open-source personal AI, coming as a Murage engine. Choose it for reach; choose Murage for a team built for you, with Claude Code and Codex as full engines.
- Murage with Hermes AgentA superb self-improving agent with its own desktop app. Murage runs it as a bot’s engine and puts a team around it.
- Murage vs ManusA hosted agent on a cloud computer, with a generous free tier. Murage is a standing team on your computer, on your own AI.
- Murage vs GensparkA cloud AI workspace plus Claw, an agent on its own cloud computer. Murage is a standing team on your machine, on your own AI.
- Murage with n8nKeep n8n for workflows you want to see and control. Your Murage team calls them when a job needs one.
- Murage with ZapierKeep your Zaps. Murage’s bots run them.
- Murage vs Grok BotThe closest hosted rival: named bots on a cloud computer that work together and keep going with your laptop closed.
- Murage vs ViktorOne hosted AI coworker your whole company shares in Slack or Microsoft Teams, paid from a workspace credit pool.
- Murage vs TaskletCloud agents with event triggers, shared across a company and paid by credit.
Try Murage free, next to Lindy or instead of it.
Give your first job to Murage.
Download the free app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.
No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for