Bardeen

Browser-based automation that scrapes and enriches from the page you are on.

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Category

AI Automation

Pricing

Free credits + paid subscription

Free Trial

Yes

Best For

Browser scraping and sales prospecting

Quick Overview

Category

AI Automation

Best For

Browser scraping and sales prospecting

Pricing

Free credits + paid subscription

Website

bardeen.ai

What is Bardeen?

Bardeen sits in the browser rather than on a server. It is a Chrome extension that runs automations against the page currently open: pulling structured data out of a list of search results, enriching a prospect record, pushing what it finds into a CRM or spreadsheet without leaving the tab.

That placement is the whole idea. A conventional automation platform connects services through their APIs; Bardeen works with what is rendered on screen, which means it can automate against sites that offer no API at all. For sales and recruiting workflows built around browsing — LinkedIn lists, directories, search results — that is a meaningful difference.

The trade-offs follow from the same decision. Automations depend on the browser being open, and on page structures that site owners can change at any time. Billing runs on credits tied to the rows processed, so large scraping runs are the expensive case rather than the cheap one.

How Bardeen Works

How It Works

The Chrome extension adds a panel from which you run playbooks — saved automations that act on the current page or on a list of pages. A scraper reads structured data out of the rendered page, enrichment steps add information from other sources, and output steps write into a spreadsheet, CRM or messaging tool. Credits are consumed per row processed: scraping and web search cost one credit per row, enrichment three. Utilities and imports are free.

Who Should Use It

Bardeen suits sales, recruiting and research work that happens in the browser: building prospect lists from professional networks, enriching them with company data, moving qualified records into a CRM. It is the pragmatic answer whenever the source has no usable API and the alternative is copying by hand.

Benefits

Working against the rendered page means no API is required, which opens up sources a conventional platform cannot reach. Running from the tab you are already in removes context switching. A permanent allowance of free credits makes it genuinely testable, and the prospecting playbooks cover common sales workflows out of the box.

Limitations

Automations run in the browser, so nothing happens while it is closed — this is not a platform for scheduled overnight jobs. Scrapers depend on page structure and break when a site changes its layout. Credit costs scale with rows processed, making large runs expensive. And scraping sites in bulk may conflict with their terms of service, which is the user's responsibility to check.

Key Features

Everything Bardeen offers to power your workflow.

Chrome extension with playbooks
Scraping from rendered pages without APIs
Data enrichment per record
CRM and spreadsheet output
Prebuilt prospecting playbooks
Credit-based billing per row

Best Use Cases

Building prospect lists from professional networks
Enriching leads with company data
Scraping directories without an API
Pushing browser findings into a CRM
Recruiting candidate research

Bardeen Pricing

Bardeen offers flexible pricing plans to fit your needs.

Free

$0

100 credits per month, permanently free

Basic

$10/mo

100 credits per month, billed monthly

Premium

$50/mo

1,000 credits per month, billed monthly

Enterprise

Custom

Bulk credits, billed annually

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Works on sites with no API
  • No context switching out of the browser
  • Permanent free credit allowance
  • Strong sales prospecting templates

Cons

  • Only runs while the browser is open
  • Scrapers break when sites change layout
  • Credit cost scales with rows processed
  • Bulk scraping may conflict with site terms

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Bardeen work when my browser is closed?
No. Automations run inside the Chrome extension and require the browser to be open. For scheduled server-side jobs, a conventional automation platform is the right tool.
Is Bardeen free?
There is a permanent allowance of 100 free credits per month. Paid plans start at $10 per month for 100 credits and $50 per month for 1,000.
What does a credit cover?
Credits are consumed per row: scraping and web search cost one credit per row, enrichment three. Utility actions and imports are free. Large scraping runs are therefore the expensive case.
Can Bardeen scrape sites without an API?
Yes — that is its main advantage. It reads data from the rendered page. Whether bulk scraping a particular site is permitted is governed by that site's terms of service, which remains your responsibility.