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Viktor vs Lindy vs Cedric: three AI teammates, compared fairly
Viktor lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams. Lindy works from Slack, iMessage and your inbox. Cedric lives in Slack, Telegram, Discord and the browser, with one price for the whole team.
Benjamin Ben HattarViktor, Lindy and Cedric are the same kind of product. Each one is an AI teammate you talk to in a chat app, connected to your tools, that does the work and checks with you before anything irreversible. If you are choosing between them, you have already decided you want one.
So this post skips the pitch for the category and looks at the differences that decide it: where each one lives, what it is strongest at, and how it charges.
Every fact about Viktor and Lindy below was read on their own sites on September 17, 2026. They are good products. Where one of them is the better choice, the post says so.
- Viktor lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 3,200+ tools, and is strong at finished deliverables: PDFs, spreadsheets, web apps, code.
- Lindy is the one you can text. It works from Slack, iMessage, your Gmail inbox and a Chrome extension, includes computer use on every plan, and lists SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and PIPEDA.
- Viktor charges per workspace, from $50 a month. Lindy charges per user, from $29.99 a month.
- Cedric lives in Slack, Telegram, Discord and the browser, joins your Meet, Zoom and Teams calls, and charges per workspace from $19 a month with no seats.
- All three ask before high-stakes actions. The choice comes down to your chat app, your compliance needs and how you want to pay.
Viktor
"Not a tool. A hire." An AI employee in Slack and Microsoft Teams. viktor.com
Viktor calls itself the AI employee that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 3,200+ tools, and does the work. If your company runs on Teams, that sentence may end the comparison, because it is the only one of the three that lives there.
Its emphasis is the finished deliverable. The site shows reports, dashboards, campaigns, PDFs, spreadsheets, web apps and code, handed back in the thread. It schedules recurring tasks, builds a knowledge base of your company over time, and asks for confirmation before high-stakes actions such as sending email or deploying to production.
Pricing is per workspace, not per person, and every plan includes every feature. The plans differ only in how many credits you get, and unused credits roll over for a month.
Pros
- Lives in Microsoft Teams as well as Slack.
- Strong at finished artifacts: documents, spreadsheets, web apps, code.
- Per workspace, all features on every plan.
- $100 in free credits, no card. SOC 2 Type 1, with Type 2 in progress.
Cons
- Paid plans start at $50 a month for 20,000 credits.
- Slack and Teams only. Nothing for Telegram, Discord or a text message.
$100 in free credits, no card. Then from $50 a month per workspace for 20,000 credits, up through larger credit tiers. Enterprise on request.
Checked on the tool's own site, September 17, 2026.
Lindy
"The AI teammate that will 3x your output." lindy.ai
Lindy has the most ways in. You can reach it in Slack, by iMessage, from your Gmail inbox and through a Chrome extension. Texting an assistant from your phone the way you would text a person is something neither of the other two offers.
It sits in your meetings to record, transcribe and organize them, drafts and schedules email without leaving your inbox, and books calls. Computer use is included on every plan, so it can operate a website that has no API. Its homepage says "nothing irreversible happens without your approval".
On compliance it lists the most: SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and PIPEDA, with a signed BAA on the Enterprise plan. For a clinic or a law firm that settles it.
Pros
- iMessage, Slack, Gmail and a browser extension.
- Computer use on every plan.
- The longest compliance list here, including HIPAA.
- Meeting recording and notes built in.
Cons
- Per user: Plus $29.99, Pro $99.99, Max $199.99 a month. A team of ten pays for ten.
- Credits are per user per month, from 3,000 on Plus.
- The free trial is 7 days and only for teammates who join through Slack. Direct signups are billed at once.
Plus $29.99 per user per month (3,000 credits). Pro $99.99 (15,000). Max $199.99 (35,000). Enterprise on request.
Checked on the tool's own site, September 17, 2026.
Cedric
The AI teammate that lives where your team talks. meet-cedric.com
Cedric lives in Slack, Telegram, Discord and the browser. A lot of small teams, agencies and communities run on Telegram or Discord, and for them he is the only one of the three that shows up where they already talk.
He also goes to your meetings. Invite him by link or calendar invite and he joins Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams calls, answers when you say his name, and posts the decisions to the channel when the call ends. Every commitment made on the call becomes a drafted action with an Approve button. The picture above is that message.
The approval rule is strict: nothing is sent, changed or spent until a person says yes. Behind every ask sits one shared memory of your company, and the catalog covers 3,200 apps. Cedric is built in Zurich and is GDPR compliant.
Pricing is per workspace with no seats. A workspace starts with 100,000 free credits, about $50 of work, no card, and plans start at $19 a month for the whole team.
Pros
- Slack, Telegram, Discord and the browser.
- Joins Meet, Zoom and Teams calls, and turns them into approved actions.
- From $19 a month for the whole team, no seats.
- Every send, change and spend held for a yes. Built in Zurich, GDPR compliant.
Worth knowing
- For a team that chats in Microsoft Teams, Viktor is the one that lives there. Cedric joins Teams calls.
- If you need HIPAA with a signed BAA, that is Lindy's Enterprise plan.
Plans from $19 a month for the whole team, no seats. 100,000 free credits to start.
Side by side
The same three, on the questions that decide it.
| Viktor | Lindy | Cedric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where you talk to it | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Slack, iMessage, Gmail, Chrome | Slack, Telegram, Discord, browser |
| Integrations | 3,200+ | 1,000+ | 3,200 |
| Meetings | Meeting follow-ups | Joins, records and transcribes | Joins Meet, Zoom and Teams calls |
| Asks before acting | Before high-stakes actions | Before anything irreversible | Before any send, change or spend |
| Compliance listed | SOC 2 Type 1 | SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA | GDPR, built in Zurich |
| Pricing model | Per workspace | Per user | Per workspace, no seats |
| Entry price | $50 a month | $29.99 a user a month | $19 a month |
| Free to start | $100 in credits | 7-day trial via Slack | 100,000 credits |
Read on each tool's own site on September 17, 2026.
How to choose
If your company chats in Microsoft Teams, or you mostly want finished documents, spreadsheets and small web apps, pick Viktor. If you want to text your assistant from your phone, need computer use on sites without an API, or have a HIPAA requirement, pick Lindy.
If your team is on Slack, Telegram or Discord, wants the meetings covered by the same teammate, and would rather pay one small price for everyone than a seat for each person, that is Cedric. All three offer a way to try before you pay, so the cheapest test is to give each one the same real task and read what comes back.
FAQ
On entry price, Cedric at $19 a month for the whole workspace, then Viktor at $50 a month per workspace. Lindy is $29.99 per user, so it depends on headcount. All three meter usage in credits, and a credit is a different unit at each.
Yes, in their own words. Viktor asks before high-stakes actions, Lindy before anything irreversible, and Cedric before any send, change or spend.
Viktor lives in Teams chat. Cedric joins Teams calls as a meeting participant but lives in Slack, Telegram, Discord and the browser.
Viktor gives $100 in credits with no card, and Cedric gives 100,000 credits with no card. Lindy offers a 7-day trial to teammates who join through Slack.
Free credits available, no card, no seats.