SmartStaff.io

SmartStaff.io vs Lindy

SmartStaff.io

AI colleagues grouped into teams that run a repeatable process; every run drafts a plan a human approves before any work executes.

Free / €19.99 / €49.99 / €99.99 per month, Enterprise on request

Lindy

Pivoted Feb 2026 to a packaged exec-assistant product delivered over iMessage; a no-code agent builder still sits underneath.

Free; Plus $49.99/mo per user; Enterprise on request

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Every row below was checked against Lindy's own documentation on August 3, 2026, and against our source code for our column. Nothing here is inferred from a competitor's marketing claims.

Where we are ahead

Capabilities where SmartStaff.io does more than Lindy.

  • Per-run plan drafted before any work executes

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Does each execution produce a plan artefact before the first unit of work runs?

  • Plan visible to a human before execution

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Can a person read that plan before the work starts?

  • Plan editable by a human before execution

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Can a person rewrite, reorder or drop steps and then approve?

  • Gate is ON by default, not opt-in

    YesSmartStaff.ioPartlyLindy

    Out of the box, does a human have to approve something before side effects happen?

  • Confidence score computed structurally, not self-reported

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Is there a plan/run confidence score derived from checkable structure rather than asked of the model?

  • External AI client can clear a human gate over MCP

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Can Claude/ChatGPT approve or reject pending work through the MCP surface?

  • Self-hosting / customer-controlled deployment

    PartlySmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Can the customer run it in infrastructure they control?

  • EU data residency for application data

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Is there a documented EU location for the customer's stored data?

    No stated EU region — only a generic 'residency requirements are all supported' with no region, mechanism or tier named. Entity is Crivello Corp, Oregon USA. Treat EU residency as unavailable unless negotiated.

  • Documented control over LLM inference region

    PartlySmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Is there a documented way to constrain where the prompt is processed, or to bring your own model?

  • Czech-language product UI

    YesSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Is the product interface available in Czech?

Where Lindy is ahead

We are not going to pretend these do not exist. If one of them decides your case, buy theirs.

  • Process definition separate from execution

    PartlySmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Is there a durable process definition distinct from an individual run of it?

  • Per-action (tool call) approval

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Can an individual tool call be gated mid-execution?

  • Final-output approval

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Is there a review gate on the deliverable before it is sent?

  • Process definition versioned (history + rollback)

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Is there version history with a way back to a previous version?

  • Trigger: schedule / cron

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Can a run start on a schedule?

  • Trigger: Slack / Teams

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Can work be started from a chat platform?

  • SOC 2 Type II

    NoSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Is there a SOC 2 Type II report?

Where we are level

Both platforms answer these the same way.

  • Human feedback automatically changes later runs

    YesSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Does a correction on a finished run alter behaviour on subsequent runs without a human editing a prompt?

    Memories: 'Unlike context (which only lasts during one task), memories persist across all task executions.' A documented trigger for writing one is 'Agent makes a mistake you want it to avoid next time.'

  • Learned rules are scoped and human-auditable

    PartlySmartStaff.ioPartlyLindy

    Can a person list what the system has learned, see where it was applied, and retire it?

  • Prebuilt agent catalogue (personas, not workflow templates)

    PartlySmartStaff.ioPartlyLindy

    Can you adopt a ready-made agent persona, as opposed to a workflow template?

    Templates are 'pre-built workflows you can install as starting points'. The gallery is behind login and no count is stated anywhere. The public /templates catalogue has been retired in favour of 'Skills'.

  • Trigger: webhook / API

    YesSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Can an outside system start a run over HTTP?

  • Trigger: platform-issued inbound email address

    YesSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Does the platform mint an address that starts a run, as opposed to polling a mailbox you own?

    Lindy Mail gives an agent 'its own email address to send and receive emails independently'; customisable, with 'Observe follow-ups' for thread replies.

  • Run audit trail / event timeline

    YesSmartStaff.ioYesLindy

    Is there a per-run record of what happened, step by step?

  • ISO 27001

    NoSmartStaff.ioNoLindy

    Is the vendor ISO 27001 certified (not merely 'aligned' or engaged)?

Not verified

We could not confirm these from Lindy's own material. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence — ask them.

  • Diff between versions

    NoSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Can two versions be compared side by side?

  • Staging/prod environments or git sync

    NoSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Is there a promotion path between environments, or git-backed source control?

  • Multi-agent team with role-specialised members

    YesSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Is a team of differently-roled agents a first-class product concept?

  • Per-agent knowledge base (RAG)

    YesSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Can knowledge be attached to an individual agent and retrieved at run time?

  • MCP client

    YesSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Can it consume external MCP servers as tools?

    No MCP documentation exists on docs.lindy.ai — verified against the full /llms.txt index and a site-restricted search returning zero results. The only artifact is www.lindy.ai/integrations/mcp, which is robots:noindex, absent from the sitemap, and lists WhatsApp triggers under an 'Any MCP Server' heading. Auto-generated with corrupted data. DO NOT credit Lindy with MCP.

  • MCP server

    YesSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Does it expose itself over MCP to external AI clients?

  • MCP server with OAuth 2.1

    YesSmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Is that MCP server protected by OAuth 2.1 with spec discovery, rather than a static bearer key?

  • Non-interactive API credential (API keys)

    PartlySmartStaff.ioNot verifiedLindy

    Is there a machine credential, so server-to-server callers need not hold a user session?

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