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n8n vs Bardeen
n8n scores higher overall (8.5 vs 6.3), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose n8n if…
Technical teams who want full control over AI agents, data and hosting
8.5/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Bardeen if…
Sales and go-to-market teams automating prospecting in the browser
6.3/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| n8n | Bardeen | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.5/10 | 6.3/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #10 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from €20/month | Freemium · from $10/month |
| Free version | Community Edition is free to self-host, with no execution limits | 100 credits a month |
| Platforms | Web, Self-hosted | Chrome extension, Web |
| Made by | n8n GmbH | Bardeen |
| Automation power | 9 | 6.5 |
| Ease of use | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| Features | 9 | 5.5 |
| Value for money | 9 | 6 |
| Platforms | 9 | 5.5 |
n8n: what the AI does
- AI Agent node with tools and memory
- MCP server and client support
- Local models via Ollama when self-hosted
- Human-in-the-loop approvals for agent actions
- AI Assistant for building workflows
- Free to self-host, so data stays on your own servers
- Most flexible agent building here, with code wherever you need it
- Charges per workflow run, not per step, which is cheap for long workflows
- Huge community (200,000+ members, 200K+ GitHub stars)
- Steepest learning curve of the mainstream tools
- Fewer pre-built integrations (500+) than Zapier or Make
- Self-hosting means you handle updates and maintenance
Bardeen: what the AI does
- Magic Box builds playbooks from plain English
- AI web scraping, including build-your-own scrapers
- Contact enrichment
- AI lead qualification
- Fast, accurate scraping from the browser
- Easy for non-technical users
- SOC 2 Type II and GDPR
- Narrow focus on sales prospecting, not general automation
- Credits run out quickly at volume
- Struggles with dynamic sites and breaks when pages change