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AI Tool Comparison
Bardeen vs n8n
A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.
Bardeen
Turn browser busywork into one-click AI automations — scrape and enrich leads without writing code, directly from a Chrome extension.
Automation
freemium
n8n
Visually connect apps, APIs, and AI models into multi-step automations — free and self-hostable, or run on Cloud with per-execution pricing.
Automation
freemium
Bottom Line
n8n edges ahead on rating (4.7 vs 4.5), but the right pick still comes down to which workflow you're running.
Choose Bardeen if…
Automation
Choose n8n if…
Automation
| Attribute | Bardeen | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Automation | Automation |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Pricing Detail | Free (100 credits/mo) / Professional and Business tiers with credit add-ons | Free (self-hosted) / €20/mo Cloud Starter / €50/mo Cloud Pro |
| Rating |
Key Features
Bardeen
- Browser automation
- Web scraping
- AI Magic Box
- Playbook marketplace
- CRM sync
n8n
- 400+ integrations
- AI nodes (LangChain)
- Self-hosting option
- Code nodes (JavaScript/Python)
- Complex branching logic
Pros
Bardeen
- •No-code browser automation
- •AI Magic Box creates automations from text
- •Great for web scraping tasks
- •Large playbook library
n8n
- •Open source and self-hostable
- •More powerful than Zapier for technical users
- •AI nodes are excellent
- •Great value vs Zapier
Cons
Bardeen
- Limited to browser-based automation
- Can break when websites update
- Premium automations require paid plan
n8n
- Higher technical bar than Zapier
- Self-hosting requires maintenance
- Debugging complex flows can be hard