Bardeen review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Lead scraping, enrichment and qualification with AI agents
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Bardeen report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for scraping and enriching leads in the browser
Bardeen scrapes web pages, searches, enriches contacts and qualifies rows with AI, all paid in credits. Every account gets 100 free credits, Basic adds 100 a month for $10, and unused credits expire. It is aimed at lead sourcing, not general automation.
Who Bardeen is for
- Fits if you build lead lists and want scraping and enrichment in one place
- Works for a go-to-market person who pays by the row
Who Bardeen is not for
- Tight if you scrape at volume: 1 credit a row, 3 for enrichment, and unused credits expire each period
- Not for you if you want general personal automation, as it is aimed at lead sourcing
- Pricey if you scale: Premium is $50 a month for 1,000 credits
- Watch out: the page does not say whether the free 100 credits refill
- Skip it if you want a desktop or phone app, as none is listed
Why Bardeen gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$10 a month for 100 credits is inside the cheapest quarter, but 100 credits is 100 scraped rows or about 33 enrichments.
- CFree plan and trial100 free credits on every account, and the page does not say if they refill, so you will run out fast.
- CFeaturesScraper, web search, enrichment, AI qualification and exports, but it is aimed at lead sourcing and not general automation.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build scrapers and credit usage by row, with a learning curve.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, no desktop or mobile apps on the pages read, with four named integrations.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bardeen's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Bardeen's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 61 of the 101 other AI agents we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 74 of 101) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $22.13 for the category: 1 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 AI agents we grade, cut by the letter each got. Bardeen’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 74 of 101, level with 16
- CFree plan and trialAbove 28 of 101, level with 53
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101, level with 67
- CEase of useAbove 14 of 101, level with 78
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 101, level with 71
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 70 AI agents. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Bardeen, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Bardeen you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $120 a year.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- A builder that other people can use without writing code.
What this rests on. Bardeen’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Bardeen?
Bardeen is a credit-based platform for sales and go-to-market teams. Agents scrape leads from websites, run web searches, add verified contact details, and use AI to qualify each lead before exporting rows to CSV, Google Sheets, Airtable or Notion.
Worth knowing
- Pricing is by credit: 1 per scraped row, 1 per search or AI row, 3 per enrichment row. Unused credits expire at the end of each billing period.
- The pricing page shows paid plans only as add-on credit amounts per month; the free 100 credits are described without a refill date.
- The product is aimed at lead sourcing and go-to-market work, not general-purpose personal automation.
- The pages read list no desktop or mobile apps; the product is described as an app used in the browser.
Key features
- Web scraper
- Build your own scraper or use premium ones to pull leads from sites such as Product Hunt, Zillow and GitHub, at 1 credit per row.
- Web search
- Researches or generates leads at scale with AI and web search providers, or finds answers on a given website, at 1 credit per row.
- Contact enrichment
- Looks up validated emails and phone numbers for leads. Enrichment costs 3 credits per row.
- AI qualification
- You describe the ideal lead and AI marks each row as qualified or not, with a short reason, at 1 credit per row.
- Exports
- Results download as CSV or go to Google Sheets, Airtable and Notion. Importing and exporting data is free.
Bardeen pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Bardeen has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $10 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Every account gets 100 credits free; the pricing page does not say whether they refill each month.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $10per month for +100 credits, billed monthly | Adds 100 credits a month; steps up to +500 credits for $50. Includes custom scrapers, premium scrapers and enrichment. |
| Premium | $50per month for +1,000 credits, billed monthly | Adds 1,000 credits a month; steps up to +10K credits for $500. Adds Teams. Annual billing starts at $480 per year for +12,000 credits. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom bulk credits on annual billing, with custom scrapers built and maintained by Bardeen and premium support. |
Read from bardeen.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bardeen before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% on annual Premium billing
The pricing page offers Premium on yearly billing at a 20% saving, starting at $480 per year for 12,000 credits.
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Common questions
Does Bardeen have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bardeen is listed for Web.
Does Bardeen have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bardeen is listed for Web.
Is Bardeen open source?
Bardeen is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
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