--- title: Bardeen review description: AI browser automation for lead workflows canonical: "https://10xgtm.ai/tool/bardeen" type: review category: "Workflow & agent infrastructure" last-verified: 2026-09-02 pricing-verified: 2026-09-02 availability: active sources: 13 --- # Bardeen review The fastest way to scrape and enrich leads from pages no API can reach, if you keep your browser open and watch the credit meter. ## The take - **Great for:** SDR and RevOps teams who need to pull leads from **sites with no API**, like niche directories and LinkedIn, and push them straight into a CRM. - **The catch:** **It only runs inside Chrome.** Close the browser, get logged out, or hit a redesigned page, and the run fails. Credits burn per row, and enrichment costs triple. - **Bottom line:** Reach for it when your prospects live on **pages Apollo and ZoomInfo never indexed**. Skip it for always-on, server-side automation. ## Specs - **Starting price:** $10/mo (Basic); Premium $50/mo or $480/yr - **Free tier:** Yes, 100 credits/month always included - **Pricing model:** Credits per row; 1 for scrape/search/AI, 3 for enrichment - **Best for:** SDR and RevOps teams scraping niche lead sources - **Key integrations:** Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Airtable - **Watch out for:** Browser-session dependency; credits expire monthly with no rollover ## What you're actually getting Bardeen is a **Chrome extension** that turns repetitive browser work into automations called playbooks. You describe a task in plain English and the Magic Box builds a draft, or you pick from hundreds of pre-built templates. The center of gravity has moved to **GTM lead sourcing**. Since the May 2025 Work Intelligence Platform relaunch, the homepage leads with finding and reaching leads that standard databases miss. It runs inside your logged-in browser session, so it can work on pages that expose no public API. That ability is the real differentiator. ## Where it earns its keep It shines when your ICP hides on **pages no API reaches**: conference attendee lists, niche directories, job boards, LinkedIn search results. Scrape, qualify with AI, enrich, and push to a sheet or CRM in one flow. The credit rate card is unusually **published and clear**: one credit per row for scraping, web search, and AI tools, three for enrichment, and zero for import, export, and utilities. You can price a workload before you build it. Builder Mode is free and unlimited, so you can **test playbooks at zero cost** before spending production credits. That matters, because the metering is per row, not per run. ## Where it'll bite you **The browser is the single point of failure.** Scraper actions need an open, logged-in Chrome session. Close the laptop, get logged out, or have a site redesign its layout, and the run fails. Cloud scraping exists on Premium but is limited. **Credits expire at the end of each period** with no rollover, and enrichment costs three credits per row. A multi-step lead workflow can eat 60-plus credits for a small batch, so the headline price understates the real bill. **LinkedIn automation breaks the platform's terms of service.** Use it with moderation and expect account-restriction risk, the same risk that has caught other scraping tools. ## What it costs, really Free gets you **100 credits every month**, always, with Builder Mode unlimited. Basic is **$10/mo** for another 100 credits; Premium is **$50/mo** or $480/year for 1,000, with Enterprise custom. The number that decides your bill is **enrichment volume**, not the plan name. Map your real monthly row count to credits first, because a few thousand enriched records will blow past 1,000 credits fast. ## Reach for it / skip it - **Reach for it if:** SDR and RevOps teams whose prospects live on web pages that standard databases do not index, and who can keep a browser session alive to run the work. - **Skip it if:** You need always-on, server-side automation or native two-way CRM sync. A cloud tool like Make or Zapier handles that without depending on your browser. --- Full review: https://10xgtm.ai/tool/bardeen - 13 cited sources.