ForwardThis vs Lindy
Lindy and ForwardThis solve different problems. Lindy is a platform for building AI agents: you design one with a trigger and a set of actions, and it runs on its own from then on. ForwardThis has nothing to build: you forward an email, write what you need, and it happens. If you want to design automation that works while you sleep, you probably want Lindy. If you want the admin in your inbox done without configuring anything, you want ForwardThis.
ForwardThis and Lindy, side by side
How it works
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Lindy pricing and limits checked 1 September 2026.
Which one fits how you work?
Choose Lindy if
You want agents that run on autopilot: meetings noted, reports compiled and follow-ups handled while you do something else.
You need reach. Lindy connects to over 1,000 apps, and its agents sit in Slack, iMessage and your meetings as well as email.
You enjoy designing automation. Lindy gives you triggers, prompts, conditions and templates to shape an agent exactly how you want it.
Your team wants one AI teammate it can talk to all day, not only a way to clear email admin.
Choose ForwardThis if
You have no appetite for building agents. There is nothing to configure, because the forwarded email carries the instructions.
You want nothing running unattended. ForwardThis only ever sees the emails you send it, and every job traces back to one you forwarded.
You want to see what goes out before it goes, and undo it when it lands wrong.
You'd rather count jobs than credits. One forwarded email is one action, back-and-forth included, however much the job involves.
What a single forwarded email does
The trigger is the email you forward. There is no editor and nothing to design in advance. This whole job is one email.
Eleanor Byrne
Re: Private tasting evening, 19 September
Your instructions
Put the tasting in the diary for 7pm on the 19th, add a staffing card due three days before, and log the booking on the events sheet.
Google Calendar
Book the tasting evening
7pm, Saturday 19 September
Trello
Add the staffing card
Due 16 September
Google Sheets
Log the booking
Bookings / Autumn 2026
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
Try it with a real email.
Forward any email to the address below to see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
FAQs
- Is ForwardThis a Lindy alternative?
- For the admin that arrives by email, yes. The tasting booking above goes into the diary, onto the staffing board and onto the events sheet from one forwarded email, with nothing configured first. For AI agents that run on triggers and schedules, or that sit in your meetings and chat tools, no. Lindy is built for that and ForwardThis deliberately is not.
- Can I use both?
- Yes, and some teams will. Lindy suits the work you want handled on a schedule or a trigger: meeting notes, recurring reports, routine follow-ups. ForwardThis suits the emails that need a judgment call and a pair of hands in your apps. They never compete for the same job.
- Does ForwardThis run on autopilot like Lindy?
- No. ForwardThis has exactly one trigger, and it is the email you forward. It only ever sees emails you send it, so nothing fires overnight, nothing loops, and there is no agent to maintain or debug. Every action traces to an email from you, and you give up unattended automation.
- How does Lindy's credit pricing compare with ForwardThis actions?
- The units measure different things. Lindy meters credits: plans start at $29.99 a month per user for 3,000 credits, and everything an agent does draws them down. A ForwardThis action is one forwarded email, however many apps it touches and however long the back-and-forth gets, from $15 a month for 100 actions. The free tiers differ too: Lindy offers a 7-day trial, while ForwardThis includes 10 actions a month free, with every feature.
- Which one has more integrations?
- Lindy, by a wide margin: it claims over 1,000 apps against 144+ for ForwardThis. ForwardThis covers the everyday tools; if one app decides it for you, look it up on both sites.
- Do I need to set up an agent to use ForwardThis?
- No. There is no agent to create, no prompt to write and no editor to learn. You forward an email with some plain instructions, and the work happens in the apps you already use, with a confirmation email when it is done.