Compare Bardeen vs Relay.app

Bardeen

Browser-native AI automation that scrapes pages, enriches records and runs playbooks directly inside Chrome for sales and recruiting teams.

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Relay.app

AI Workflow AutomationFreemium

Human-in-the-loop automation where approvals, reviews and AI steps sit inside the workflow, with every integration included on every plan.

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Pricing

Pricing Comparison

Bardeen

Free$0

100 credits/month, core playbooks, browser scraping

Professional$10/mo

Scheduled automations, premium integrations, AI actions, more credits

Business$15/user/mo

Shared playbooks, admin controls, team analytics, priority support

Enterprise$Custom

Custom credit volume, security review, dedicated onboarding

Relay.app

Free$0

200 steps/month, 500 AI credits, 1 user, all integrations unlocked

Professional$19/mo

750 steps/month, 5,000 AI credits, 1 user, all features

Team$59/mo

2,000 steps/month, up to 10 users, shared workflows and app connections

Enterprise$Custom

Custom usage limits, custom integrations, automation consulting, dedicated Slack channel

Features

Feature Comparison

Bardeen

Browser AutomationWeb ScrapingMagic Box Builder1,000+ PlaybooksLinkedIn ScrapingData EnrichmentAutobooks TriggersScheduled RunsLocal ProcessingCRM SyncForm FillingAI Text GenerationScreenshot CaptureGoogle Sheets ExportChrome ExtensionTeam Playbook SharingScraper TemplatesAdmin Controls

Relay.app

Human-in-the-Loop StepsApproval WorkflowsAI Chat BuilderVisual Workflow EditorAll Integrations IncludedAI AgentsMulti-Step WorkflowsConditional PathsWeb ScrapingAI Content GenerationShared App ConnectionsTeam WorkspacesWebhooksError DetectionData EnrichmentSlack ApprovalsWorkflow TemplatesSOC 2 Compliance

Fit

Best For & Not For

Bardeen

✅ Best For

✅Sales development reps and recruiters who spend hours copying prospect data from LinkedIn and web directories into a CRM or spreadsheet

✅Growth marketers who need to pull structured data from websites and SaaS dashboards that expose no public API

✅Solo operators and small GTM teams who want prebuilt playbooks rather than building automation logic from scratch

✅Anyone whose bottleneck is browser-based repetitive work such as scraping, form filling and record enrichment rather than server-side app syncing

❌ Not For

❌Teams needing server-side automations that run reliably when your laptop is closed, since much of Bardeen's power depends on the browser being open

❌Companies wanting a general-purpose workflow engine with routers, loops and error handling across hundreds of backend systems

❌Users who need verified contact data at scale, because enrichment credits are consumed fast and Bardeen is not a dedicated data provider

❌Organisations with strict policies against browser scraping of platforms like LinkedIn, which may conflict with those platforms' terms

Relay.app

✅ Best For

✅Operations and finance teams automating processes with real consequences, such as refunds, discounts or contract sends, where a human must approve before execution

✅Customer support leads who want AI to draft replies at scale while a person reviews tone and accuracy before anything reaches a customer

✅Small teams that want every integration unlocked from day one instead of discovering their key connector is behind a premium tier

✅Managers introducing automation into a risk-averse organisation, where visible approval gates are what make adoption politically possible

❌ Not For

❌High-volume automation users, since step limits are modest compared to competitors and heavy workloads outgrow the plans quickly

❌Teams needing the broadest connector library, because Relay covers roughly 100+ integrations versus thousands elsewhere

❌Anyone running credit-heavy AI workloads like image or video generation, which consume credits at a rate that makes budgeting difficult

❌Developers who want self-hosting, source access or deep custom code execution inside workflow steps

Availability

Platform & Accessibility

Bardeen

chrome-extensionweb-based

Relay.app

web-basedapi

Use & Audience

Tasks & Who It's For

Bardeen

Tasks

ai-sales ai-data ai-productivity

Who it's for

solopreneur marketer freelancer

Relay.app

Tasks

ai-productivity ai-customer-support ai-email

Who it's for

small-business solopreneur marketer

Integrations

Bardeen

Social Media

CRM

HubSpotSalesforcePipedrive

Data & Spreadsheets

Google Sheets

Writing & Docs

Notion

Communication

SlackGmail

Database

Airtable

Other

OpenAI

Relay.app

Communication

SlackGmail

CRM

HubSpotSalesforce

Writing & Docs

Notion

Database

Airtable

Data & Spreadsheets

Google Sheets

E-commerce

Stripe

Project Management

Linear

Other

OpenAIAnthropic

Webhooks & API

Webhooks

Use Cases

Real-world Use Cases

Bardeen

Sanjay is an SDR at a cybersecurity startup and used to spend 90 minutes a day copying LinkedIn prospects into HubSpot. A Bardeen playbook now scrapes and enriches 50 prospects in four minutes, giving him an extra hour of live calling every day.

Ellie recruits for a design agency and built a playbook that scrapes portfolio sites from a curated list, extracts contact emails and drops everything into Airtable, cutting her sourcing time per role from two days to three hours.

Hugo runs competitive intelligence at a DTC brand. His scheduled Bardeen scraper checks eight competitor pricing pages every morning and logs changes to a Google Sheet, so his team spotted a rival's 20 percent price drop within hours instead of weeks.

Relay.app

Ines heads finance ops at a 60-person SaaS company. Her Relay workflow drafts every refund over $200, pings her in Slack for one-click approval, then executes it in Stripe, cutting refund turnaround from four days to under an hour with zero unauthorised payouts.

Bram runs customer support at an online marketplace. AI drafts replies to routine tickets and his agents approve or edit them in Relay, letting a team of three handle the ticket volume that previously needed five.

Chidi manages content at a B2B agency. His workflow generates draft LinkedIn posts from published blog articles and holds them for the client's sign-off, which ended the endless email threads about approving copy.

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