Zapier vs Bardeen
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Scrape, enrich and qualify lead lists in Chrome.
- Free access
- Zapier: Free access
- Bardeen: Free access
- Paid from
- Zapier: USD 19.99 per month
- Bardeen: USD 10 per month
- Plans listed
- Zapier: 4
- Bardeen: 5
- Public API
- Zapier: Yes
- Bardeen: Not confirmed
Where Zapier and Bardeen differ
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for Zapier; pricing review due for Bardeen.
- PlansZapier lists 4 plans and Bardeen lists 5.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Zapier | Fact | Bardeen |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree allowance |
| USD 19.99 per monthProfessional · billed yearly · USD 29.99 billed monthly; 750 tasks | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 10 per monthBasic · billed monthly · 100 credits |
| Free plan; paid Professional, Team and Enterprise | Pricing model | 100 free credits; paid Basic and Premium |
| 4 | Plans listedDiffers | 5 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not required | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| No | Open sourceSame | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Connecting web apps without code | Built for | Building and enriching lead lists from websites |
| Automation | CategorySame | Automation |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Zapier
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeFree
- ProfessionalUSD 19.99 per monthbilled yearly · USD 29.99 billed monthly; 750 tasks
- TeamUSD 69 per monthbilled yearly · USD 103.50 billed monthly; 2,000 tasks
- EnterpriseContact for pricing
Bardeen
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- Free allowanceFree100 credits
- BasicUSD 10 per monthbilled monthly · 100 credits
- Premium (monthly)USD 50 per monthbilled monthly · 1,000 credits
- Premium (annual)USD 480 per yearbilled annually · 12,000 credits
- EnterpriseContact providerbilled annually
Strengths and limits
Zapier
Strengths
- Unlimited Zaps on every plan: Even Free lets you build as many Zaps, tables and forms as you want.
- Many steps cost nothing: Triggers, Filter, Paths, Formatter and Delay steps do not use tasks.
- Failed actions are not billed: Actions that error or halt do not count toward task usage.
Limits to plan around
- Task cost depends on step type: AI steps and Zapier MCP tool calls use more than one task each, so counting visible steps can underestimate usage.
- Free Zaps are two steps only: Free allows one trigger and one action; multi-step Zaps need a paid plan.
- Price rises with task volume: Paid prices are quoted for entry task tiers, and larger tiers cost more.
Bardeen
Strengths
- Clear per-row pricing: The pricing page lists a credit cost per output row for each action, with a worked 64-credit example.
- Free CSV export: Importing data, utilities and CSV downloads do not consume credits.
- No shared passwords: The scraper acts in your own browser, so logged-in pages can be read without handing over credentials.
Limits to plan around
- Credits expire: Unused credits expire at the end of each billing period, so allowances do not accumulate.
- Basic is scraper-only: Premium scrapers, enrichment and team features are marked as not included on Basic.
- Chrome-bound workflow: Scraping runs through the Chrome extension, and the security page describes browser-closed runs on Bardeen's servers only for paid services.
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