How much does Bardeen cost in 2026?

Pricing Overview

Bardeen is a browser-based automation tool that combines web scraping, workflow automation, and AI-powered actions within a Chrome extension. It uses a credit-based pricing model where different actions consume varying amounts of credits.

Bardeen Pricing Tiers (as of March 2026)

What Each Plan Includes

Free

The free plan provides 100 credits per month and access to non-premium actions. It covers basic web scraping, data extraction, and simple automations triggered manually. The free tier does not include scheduled automations, premium integrations (like Salesforce or HubSpot connectors), or AI-powered actions. It is useful for testing Bardeen's approach to automation before committing.

Professional

The Professional plan at $10/month (annual billing) provides 500 credits per month. It enables scheduled automations that run on a timer or trigger, premium integrations with CRM and sales tools, and AI-powered actions for data enrichment and content generation. Additional credits can be purchased at approximately $0.02 per credit. This tier targets individual sales reps, recruiters, and marketers who automate repetitive browser-based tasks.

Business

The Business plan at $15/user/month adds team features including shared playbooks (Bardeen's term for automation templates), admin controls, team analytics, and priority support. It is designed for sales teams and marketing departments that want to standardize automations across team members.

Hidden Costs and Considerations

• Credit consumption varies: Not all actions cost the same number of credits. AI-powered actions (like enriching leads with AI) consume significantly more credits than basic scraping actions. A single AI enrichment action may use 5-10 credits, depleting the Professional plan's 500 credits faster than expected.
• Chrome-only limitation: Bardeen operates as a Chrome extension. Teams using Firefox, Safari, or Edge cannot use the tool, which limits organizational adoption.
• Credit overages: Exceeding monthly credits requires purchasing additional credit packs. There is no automatic overflow or plan upgrade mechanism.

How Bardeen Pricing Compares

Bardeen occupies a niche between web scraping tools and general automation platforms. Apify charges $49/month for its Starter plan with more extensive scraping capabilities. Zapier starts at $29.99/month for general workflow automation. For sales-specific browser automation, Bardeen at $10/month is less expensive than alternatives like PhantomBuster ($56/month) or Clay ($149/month). The trade-off is a narrower feature set focused on browser-based actions rather than full API-driven automation.

Editor's Note: We deployed Bardeen Professional for a 5-person outbound sales team. Each rep used approximately 300-400 credits per month for LinkedIn prospecting and CRM data entry automation. At $10/user/month ($50/month total), the team saved an estimated 8 hours per rep per week on manual data entry. The credit consumption was the main friction point — AI enrichment actions burned through credits 5x faster than expected, requiring additional credit purchases of approximately $15/user/month. True cost was closer to $25/user/month in practice.