Bardeen vs Make
 Bardeen |  Make | |
|---|---|---|
| Sentiment | ||
| Score | 47/100 | 44/100 |
| Rank in category | #2 | #3 |
| Rated comments | 8 | 31 |
| Best for | Non-technical users automating simple, repetitive browser tasks; Light scraping of web pages into Google Sheets or similar | Non-technical teams and beginners building multi-step automations; Freelancers who hand finished workflows to non-technical clients; Users who have outgrown Zapier's pricing or simple linear flows |
| Skip it if | Complex flows behind logins or long multi-step form fills; Teams that need a large integration catalog like Zapier's | High-volume or very complex scenarios where per-module credits add up; Teams that need to self-host; Developers who want heavy custom code or agent-style AI workflows |
| Starting price | $10/mo | $9/mo |
| Pricing (vendor-stated) | Basic $10/mo with 100 credits per month; Premium $50/mo monthly or $480/yr annually (annual saves 20%) with 1,000 credits per month; Enterprise is custom. The page says you always get 100 free credits. Credits are charged per row (1 for scraping, web search and AI, 3 for enrichment) and expire at the end of each billing period. | Free plan with 1,000 credits/month. Paid plans shown at 10,000 credits/month: Core $9/mo, Pro $16/mo, Teams $29/mo; Enterprise is custom. Credits replaced operations as the billing unit; most module actions use 1 credit and unused credits expire at the end of the term. The page says annual prepay is cheaper (badged "Save 15%"). |
Independent discussion is thin: of 71 Reddit mentions, only about eight non-promotional comments give a real opinion, and most of the rest name Bardeen in passing in tool lists. The users who do report on it use it for lightweight browser work, such as scraping pages into a spreadsheet, copying data between web apps and filling forms without code, while the one detailed critic says complex flows behind logins or multi-step forms outgrow it and are more reliable in Playwright. Nearly half of the mentions were promotional, mostly comments that name Bardeen in passing while plugging other products (one Reddit research tool alone accounts for eight), plus two near-identical comments from different accounts praising it in the same words.
Users like
- Handles simple but repetitive browser chores, such as copying data and clicking through pages, that would otherwise eat hours[1][2][3][4]
- Works for light scraping and lead research without writing code; one user says it kept handling Lever and Greenhouse job pages without monthly code fixes[1][2]
- Considered one of the easier automation tools to start with[1]
Independent users see Make as the middle ground: easier than n8n for non-coders and cheaper and better at branching logic than Zapier, which is why freelancers hand it to non-technical clients. The main complaint is cost as scenarios grow, sharpened by the switch to per-module credits that some users say raised their bills overnight; with no self-hosting option, many who got more technical moved to n8n. The corpus leans heavily on r/n8n, so it over-represents people who left, and about a sixth of the 100 comments were promotional, including a run of near-identical 'I've seen zapier and integromat, X came up too' comments seeding unrelated products.
Users like
- Easier for non-coders to start with than n8n, and simple enough that non-technical clients can edit their own workflows[1][2][3][4][5]
- Seen as better than Zapier for branching, multi-step logic, easier to build and debug in, and cheaper at volume[1][2][3][4]
- The free tier and sign-in-only setup make it easy to try before committing[1][2]
- Small-business users report it running real day-to-day jobs: inbox summaries saving an owner about 3 hours a day, Trello sales automations, review collection into Airtable, and an AI receptionist built with Retell[1][2][3][4]
Users complain about
- Costs climb quickly once scenarios get complex or high-volume, because every module consumes an operation or credit[1][2][3][4][5]
- The move to a credit model raised bills for existing users; one says costs jumped about 30% overnight when previously free modules started using credits[1][2]
- Cloud-only, with no self-hosting, so users are tied to its pricing[1][2]
- Users who need more technical depth or AI agent workflows find it limiting and move to n8n[1][2][3][4][5]