Price terms as published
Each line is the vendor’s own wording, split from the price capture checked on 2026-10-22. Nothing here is rounded, converted or re-worded — the full sentences stay in the review below. Lines that carry only a price continue the plan named on the line above, in the vendor’s own order.
| # | Plan / term | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Free ($100 credits) | 2026-10-22 |
| 2 | Team $100/mo 40k credits | 2026-10-22 |
| 3 | Lindy Free ($50 credits) | 2026-10-22 |
| 4 | Team $29.99/user/mo 3k credits | 2026-10-22 |
| 5 | Enterprise custom | 2026-10-22 |
One-liner: Both products sell the same fantasy made real — an AI teammate that lives in Slack, reads your channels, and executes work across your tools instead of just answering questions. But they price it opposite ways: Viktor charges one flat workspace fee and shares a single 40,000-credit pool across the whole team ($100/mo, no per-seat fee, no credit card to start, up to $100 in free credits); Lindy bills per active user starting at $29.99/mo for 3,000 credits, lets you buy bigger credit bundles, and charges $10 per 1,000 credits for top-ups. Both price pages were re-read on 2026-10-22. This is a pricing-and-positioning comparison; neither product was tested hands-on, and neither gets a score.
Side by side (both pages re-read 2026-10-22)
| Viktor | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| Home base | Slack and Microsoft Teams | Slack-first (threads + mentions); iMessage on paid plans |
| What it does | AI employee: executes full workflows across tools — CRM updates, pipeline, reports, code, ads, automations, small internal apps | AI teammate: 40+ built-in skills, scheduled routines, meeting scheduling/notes, inbox management, dashboard building, custom skills |
| Free tier | Up to $100 in credits, never expire, no credit card, everything unlocked | $50 in credits, valid 7 days, no credit card |
| First paid tier | Team $100/mo — 40,000 shared credits, whole workspace, no per-seat fee, unused credits roll over one month | Team from $29.99/user/mo — 3,000 credits per user, pooled across the team |
| Credit top-ups | Top up on demand; auto-topup with monthly spend cap | Pay-as-you-go $10 per 1,000 credits; bigger bundles scale up |
| Integrations | 9,800+ tools, no API required (drives tools through their own interfaces) | 1,500+ integrations, MCP support (connect any tool), model selection per task |
| Enterprise | Custom: per-user spend cap, volume discounts, invoicing, DPA, dedicated onboarding | Custom: HIPAA + BAA, SSO/SCIM, audit logs, dedicated support |
| Nonprofit discount | 15% off every plan, forever | Not published |
| Independent marks | G2 4.9; 72,000+ teams (vendor-reported); 4.9 on Product Hunt (16 reviews) | Vendor claims “the teammate that punches above its price”; no score used here |
| Typical credit cost | Quick task 100-300; complex workflow 500-1,500; full project 2,000-5,000 | Everyday asks 2-250; deep work 250-1,000; big builds 1,000-2,500 |
The billing philosophy is the story
The two vendors compete head-on — Viktor’s own compare section lists “Lindy Teammate,” and Lindy publishes a Viktor review on its blog — so the deciding factor for most teams is not the feature list but the meter.
Viktor thinks in workspaces. One Team plan covers the entire workspace regardless of headcount: 40,000 shared credits per month for everyone, unused credits roll over one month, top-ups on demand. Its FAQ is explicit: “Is there a per-seat charge? No. Viktor pricing is workspace-based.” The free tier is generous by design — up to $100 in credits that never expire and nothing locked behind the paywall.
Lindy thinks in seats. Every active user is billed, from $29.99/month for 3,000 credits each, and each user’s credits enter a shared team pool. That is cheaper to start (a solo user pays $29.99 vs Viktor’s $100), but scales linearly with headcount — five users is $149.95/month minimum before top-ups, versus Viktor’s flat $100.
The math flips at roughly two heavy users: a 5-person team on Lindy’s smallest bundle pays ~$150/month for 15,000 pooled credits, while Viktor charges $100/month for 40,000 shared credits. Who wins depends on utilization, not sticker price — a team that mostly asks quick questions may never burn 40,000 credits, and Lindy’s smaller packs may map onto actual usage better.
Verified numbers (both pages re-read 2026-10-22)
Viktor (viktor.com/pricing)
- Free: $0/month, up to $100 in credits, all features and integrations, nothing locked, free credits never expire, no credit card, no sales call.
- Team: $100/month, 40,000 shared credits monthly, everything in Free, shared across workspace, unused credits roll over one month, top-ups on demand, auto-topup with monthly spend cap.
- Enterprise: custom — per-user spend cap, volume credit pricing, invoicing and custom billing, security review support and ready-to-sign DPA, dedicated onboarding.
- Credit ranges: quick tasks 100-300; complex workflows 500-1,500; full projects 2,000-5,000. FAQ adds: quick Slack question 50-100 credits; deep research 500-2,000; 40,000 credits ≈ 80-400 tasks.
- Vendor reports 72,000+ teams and a G2 4.9 rating on the pricing page itself.
Lindy (lindy.ai/pricing)
- Free: $0, $50 in credits for free, valid 7 days, no credit card, setup in 2 minutes.
- Team: from $29.99/mo for 3,000 credits; larger bundles at 4,000 credits $39.99, 5,000 $49.99, 6,000 $59.99, 8,000 $79.99, 15,000 $99.99, 20,000 $149.99, 35,000 $199.99, 45,000 $299.99, with small-team and growing-team tiers up to 1,750,000 credits at $9,999.50.
- Top-ups: $10 per 1,000 credits anytime, or talk to sales.
- Every active user in the workspace is billed, from $29.99/month for 3,000 credits each; credits are pooled across the whole team.
- Enterprise: custom credits and billing, HIPAA compliance and signed BAA, SSO/SCIM, audit logs, shared usage plus bonus credits, dedicated support.
- Credit ranges: everyday asks 2-250; deep work 250-1,000; big builds 1,000-2,500.
Which to pick
- Pick Viktor if you want one AI worker for the whole team and hate per-seat math; your work spans code, ads, and internal apps (its capability areas explicitly include Code and Organization); or you want the Slack and Microsoft Teams surface with a bigger integration count (9,800+).
- Pick Lindy if you are a solo operator or a small team that will use the AI occasionally — a $29.99 entry beats a $100 flat fee when utilization is low; you want to pick a different model per task or connect anything via MCP; or meeting capture, inbox drafting, and iMessage already describe your workflow.
- Both caveats: neither vendor’s credit estimates are guarantees — a month of heavy “big builds” will drain either pool quickly. Viktor’s “no API” approach is novel but untested across long-tail tool changes; Lindy’s per-seat billing means growth adds a predictable but linear cost line.
Neither product was tested hands-on here; both pages read 2026-10-22, and every number above is verbatim from the vendor pages or the third-party reviews linked in Sources.
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Sources
- https://viktor.com/pricing (Free/Team/Enterprise price ladder, credit ranges, no per-seat FAQ, 72,000+ teams and G2 4.9 claims, integrations list; read 2026-10-22)
- https://www.lindy.ai/pricing (Free $50 credits, Team per-user pricing and credit bundles, $10/1,000 top-up, Enterprise, credit ranges; read 2026-10-22)
- https://www.lindy.ai/blog/viktor-review (competitor’s hands-on review of Viktor: autonomous execution, credit pricing, cross-channel memory, G2 complaint patterns; third-party, competitor-authored — label kept because it is a rival’s take)
- https://www.eesel.ai/blog/viktor-ai-review (independent review, edited 2026-07-17: Viktor as Slack/Teams AI employee; third-party)
- https://www.producthunt.com/products/viktor (4.9/16 reviews, launch timeline; third-party, read 2026-10-22)