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Lindy vs Ody: which one is for you?
Both promise help with your work. Lindy is a platform where you build your own helpers: pick triggers, connect tools, design the steps. Ody is an assistant that already knows the job and lives in your texts. Here is the whole comparison, honestly.
The short answer
Get Lindy if
you enjoy configuring software and want to design custom helpers for a team. It is powerful, and tinkerers get a lot out of it.
Get Ody if
you run a business and want tonight's invoice sent, not a setup project. Text one sentence, review the draft, done. Nothing to build, ever.
Side by side
Lindy and Ody, feature by feature
Lindy
Ody
Made for
Ready to work in a minute
Lives in your texts
Invoices, follow-ups, reminders built in
Apps connected for you, not by you
Nothing new to learn
To get value, you need
One sells you a canvas. The other shows up ready to work.
Ody is not affiliated with Lindy. Our best read of public information; check lindy.ai for their latest.
Try it
This is the entire setup process
An invoice has to go out tonight. Tap through what that takes.
Ody
The payoff
What zero setup gets you back
Why owners pick Ody
01
There is nothing to build
Ody ships knowing its job list: invoices, overdue follow-ups, emails, reminders, calendar, client memory. You never define what happens when a due date passes. It already knows.
02
It lives where you already are
No dashboard tab, no login. Ody is a contact in Apple Messages. You text it from the car, the couch, or between clients, the same way you text everyone else.
03
Your apps, already connected
Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Square, and a list that keeps growing. Ody plugs into the tools your business already runs on. You never wire anything together.
04
You keep the control that matters
Every word, every tone, every send waits for your OK. What you skip is designing the plumbing. One more text changes anything.
Memory
Ask it anything about your business
It remembers your clients, prices, and dates because you text it. No database to maintain.
What's unpaid right now?
Two: Hale $2,100 (6 days late, second reminder scheduled) and Moss $900 (due Friday).
What did I quote Rachel in March?
$1,800 for the brand project, net 14. She paid in 9 days.
Remind me Thursday to send the Moss final files.
On your calendar: Thursday 9am. I'll ping you.
A real conversation
The invoice that needed to leave tonight
Ody
iMessage
Invoice Rachel $1,800 for the brand project. Due in 14 days.
Subject: Invoice for brand project Hi Rachel, Attached is the $1,800 invoice for the completed brand project. Payment is due within 14 days. Thank you, Ana
Make it warmer and mention that I enjoyed the project.
Revised: "I enjoyed working with you on this and appreciate the trust you put in me."
Send it.
Sent. I'll follow up politely if it isn't paid on time.
Pricing
Three plans. Three free days first.
The old way
Hiring a human
$5,000/ month
about an office-admin salary
- Works 9 to 5, Monday to Friday
- Two weeks off, plus sick days and holidays
- Clocks out and stops texting back
Plus
$49.99
$40/ month
$480 billed once a year
The full assistant.
- 2,500 credits every month
- Up to 5 scheduled tasks running for you
- Invoices sent, chased, and reconciled
- Emails and replies, drafted for you
- Your email and calendar, connected
Pro
$99.99
$80/ month
$960 billed once a year
For a business that never stops.
- 5,000 credits every month (2× Plus)
- Everything in Plus
- Up to 20 scheduled tasks
- Priority support
Max
$199.99
$160/ month
$1,920 billed once a year
Headroom for the heaviest weeks.
- 10,000 credits every month (4× Plus)
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited scheduled tasks
- Deeper reasoning on every reply
- First in line for new abilities
Your first 3 days are free. If Ody isn't for you, cancel in a tap. Every plan comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Getting started
If you pick Ody, here is what happens
01
Tap the button, type your number
No download, no forms, no canvas. Ody texts you first, usually within a minute.
02
Give it one real task
The invoice or email you have been putting off is the perfect first test. See the draft, change anything, say send.
03
Run it on real work for 3 days, free
Your card is only charged after the trial ends, and canceling is about as hard as sending one more text. If it is not for you inside 14 days, the money-back guarantee is one button, no questions.
Common questions
Still deciding? These usually settle it
"What if I pick wrong?"
The trial is 3 free days on your real work, canceling is one text, and every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Picking wrong costs you nothing but the try.
"I like having control over the steps."
You keep control of everything that reaches a client: the words, the tone, every send. What you skip is designing the plumbing behind it.
"Can it handle my kind of business?"
Ody is built for small service businesses of every kind, with a growing library of use cases and app connections. Start with one job. It learns your world as you text it.
"My situation is complicated."
Start with one job, like the invoice you keep postponing. Ody learns your clients, prices, and preferences as you text it, the way a person would.
Frequently asked questions
Ody is designed for that preference. You text Ody in Apple Messages and ask for the outcome you want, such as sending an invoice, drafting an email, checking what is unpaid, or setting a reminder.
Lindy is a platform where you set up assistants for work tasks by connecting your tools and defining what happens when.
No. Ody and Lindy are separate products. Lindy is mentioned here only to help people compare their options.
Ody drafts and sends invoices, follows up on unpaid ones, writes and sends emails in your voice, sets reminders, works with Google Calendar, and remembers clients, jobs, and prices.
No. Ody never texts your customers. You text Ody in Apple Messages, and Ody uses Gmail for the emails and invoices you ask it to send.
Yes. Ask Ody to make a draft shorter, warmer, firmer, or more direct. You can keep revising until it sounds right.
Plus is $50 per month, Pro is $100 per month, and Max is $200 per month. The 3-day free trial requires a card up front. You are charged after the trial unless you cancel, and every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.