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Bardeen vs Lindy
A plain-English comparison to help you choose between them.
Both automate a working person's day without code, from different vantage points: Bardeen acts inside the browser you are using, Lindy runs agents that work whether you are present or not. Pick Bardeen when the repetitive work is visibly tab-shaped, scraping pages into sheets, enriching records from the open web, moving data between web apps from the session you are signed into. Pick Lindy when the work is a standing role, inbox triage, scheduling, meeting prep and CRM upkeep described in plain language, running on triggers with judgement inside your rules.
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- Summary
Bardeen automates the work that happens in a browser: scraping structured data off pages, enriching CRM records, moving information between web apps, and running go-to-market playbooks from a large template library. It lives as a browser extension, which is both its superpower and its boundary.
Its evolution points at agents: browser agents that traverse sites, find and summarise specific information and deliver it onward, rather than merely extracting what a selector matches.
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It suits the sales, marketing and ops person who lives in the browser.
- Best for
- Scraping structured data from pages without code
- Enriching CRM records from the open web
- GTM playbooks from a large template library
- Browser agents that find and summarise, not just extract
- Browser-resident work moved between apps automatically
- Cost
- Freemium (Free tier + paid plans)
- Ease
- Openness
- Hosted service
- Data
- Automations act inside your browser sessions with your logins, so audit what each playbook can reach before sharing it.
- Summary
Lindy is a platform for building AI agents that do real work across your existing tools. Each agent, a Lindy, is set up in plain language rather than code: describe the job, connect the apps it needs, such as email, calendar, a CRM or Slack, and set the rules it must follow.
Agents run on triggers rather than waiting to be asked. Typical deployments triage and draft email, schedule and reschedule meetings, prepare briefs before calls, take notes and send follow-ups, keep HubSpot or Salesforce records current and chase leads. A library of prebuilt templates covers the common jobs, so a first agent is usually assembled rather than designed.
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Lindy has moved from a free-plan model to subscription tiers with a short trial, and now presents itself as an AI assistant for the whole work loop rather than a single-purpose bot. It suits people who want delegation, not another dashboard.
- Best for
- Delegating whole jobs such as inbox triage or meeting scheduling to an agent
- Building agents in plain language without code or flowcharts
- Keeping CRM records current from email and meeting activity
- Meeting preparation, notes and follow-ups handled end to end
- Starting from prebuilt agent templates rather than a blank canvas
- Cost
- Paid only
- Ease
- Openness
- Hosted service
- Data
- Agents hold live access to email, calendar and connected tools; grant scopes per agent, per job.
Pricing
- Bardeen
from $10·from $50·Custom
Prices as of August 2026.
- Basic
- from $10per monthbilled monthly
- Premium
- from $50per monthbilled monthly
- Enterprise
- Price on applicationbilled annually; no list price published
- Lindy
$49.99·$99.99·$199.99·Custom
Prices as of August 2026.
- Plus
- $49.99per month
- Pro
- $99.99per month
- Max
- $199.99per month
- Enterprise
- Price on applicationno list price published
By area
Where each one pulls ahead, area by area.
| Area | Bardeen | Lindy |
|---|---|---|
| By job | ||
| AI agents & automation | it works inside the session already signed in, so it reaches what sits behind a login without anybody issuing credentials to a platform, and it stops when the browser does | nobody has to be at the machine: the work fires on its own trigger and the administrative loop simply stops arriving, though an agent touching real email and calendars deserves a narrow scope while trust is still being earned |
| By task | ||
| Automation & agents | Bardeen serves the person in sales, marketing or ops who automates their own work, rather than a team handing a role over to somebody else's agent | Lindy's costs scale with how much its agents actually do, and heavy always-on automation draws down the plan allowance quickly enough to be worth checking before scaling |
Common questions
What is the presence test between them?
Whether the automation needs you there. Bardeen runs where the browser runs, its superpower and boundary at once: it reaches the authenticated session no external agent can touch, and stops when the laptop closes. Lindy's agents run on their own triggers rather than waiting to be asked, which is what delegation of a role, rather than acceleration of a task, requires.
Which suits sales and GTM work better?
They divide the motion. Bardeen owns the research half, prospect lists built from live pages, records enriched, playbooks from a large go-to-market template library, with the scraped sites' terms remaining your responsibility. Lindy owns the relationship half, chasing leads that went quiet, prepping calls, keeping HubSpot or Salesforce current from email and meeting activity.
How does trust-building differ?
Bardeen's actions happen in front of you, in the tab, which makes verification ambient. Lindy acts on live email, calendars and customer records in your name, so its own onboarding advice applies: narrow scope to start, explicit rules, review while trust builds, and an eye on plan allowances, since costs scale with how much the agents actually do.
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Tool facts last checked August 2026