Bardeen

What is Bardeen?

Bardeen is an AI-driven browser automation tool that works as a Chrome extension. With it you automate complex web workflows without writing a single line of code. The core idea is simple: you perform an action once in the browser, after which Bardeen records the steps and repeats them on request. This eliminates the manual cut, paste and export work that costs many professionals time every day.

How does Bardeen work?

Bardeen runs on a visual workflow builder within the Chrome extension and combines browser actions with integrations to more than a hundred external services, such as Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, Salesforce and Airtable. The AI component lets you describe in plain language what you want to automate, after which Bardeen proposes a suitable workflow.

To collect data, the platform reads the DOM of the visited page. It can even load dynamic content that only appears after scrolling or clicking, making modern, interactive websites usable as a data source.

Key features

• No-code workflow builder — build automations visually, without programming knowledge.
• AI assistance — describe your goal in plain language and get a ready-made workflow proposed.
• Web scraping — extract data from pages, including dynamically loaded content.
• 100+ integrations — connect with Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, Salesforce and Airtable, among others.
• Pre-built automations — start right away with a library of ready-made templates.

Use cases and alternatives

Common scenarios include scraping LinkedIn profiles into a spreadsheet, automatically creating CRM contacts after a website visit, syncing leads between tools like Hunter.io and HubSpot, and bulk-updating data. Where Zapier and Make depend on API connections and stall on sites without an API, Bardeen automates the browser itself. Compared with Selenium or Playwright, it requires no developer knowledge and is immediately usable by end users.

Who is it for?

Bardeen is especially popular among sales and marketing professionals, recruiters and freelancers who spend a lot of time on repetitive browser tasks such as lead enrichment and data transfer. Thanks to the no-code interface and AI support, the tool is also accessible to non-technical users who still want to set up powerful automations.