Cognosys vs Lindy
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Cognosys if you want goal-driven web ai agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated) (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Lindy if you want no-code platform for ai agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work (Supervised agent, subscription).
| Cognosys | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Goal-driven web AI agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated) | No-code platform for AI agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work |
| Type | agent | platform |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free; Pro $15/mo, Ultimate $59/mo (historical, pre-sunset) | subscription · $49.99/mo (Plus) |
| Best for | consumers, smb, developers | smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, browser, email | text, email, voice, browser, api |
| Models | model-agnostic | model-agnostic, claude, gpt |
| Protocols | function-calling | rest-api, function-calling |
| Integrations | Notion, Gmail | Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce |
| Capabilities | 5 documented | 4 documented |
Cognosys
- +No-code way to delegate multi-step web research and automation tasks
- +Useful scheduled briefings and lead-enrichment-to-Notion workflows
- +Backed early: ~$2M seed led by GV with notable angel investors
- -Deprecated: rebranded to Ottogrid, acquired by Cohere, standalone product sunset
- -No longer available; cognosys.ai no longer serves the product
Lindy
- +Genuinely no-code: agents built from natural-language descriptions, with praised setup
- +More capable than rigid trigger-action tools: agents reason over context rather than fixed if-then rules
- +Broad app coverage plus a computer-use mode and per-node model selection
- -Credit-based usage makes costs hard to predict; reviewers report fast credit burn and credits that don't roll over
- -Polarized reliability reports across review sites, with some inbox-handling complaints
Which should you choose?
Cognosys is goal-driven web ai agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated), best for consumers, smb, developers. Lindy is no-code platform for ai agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Cognosys and Lindy profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.