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CData enrichment, AI research agents and GTM workflows for sales and marketing teams
Free, from $54/mo
Bardeen vs n8n
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Bardeen if…
- you're in its core audience: sdrs and account executives, revenue operations teams
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Choose n8n if…
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, operations teams
Side by side
Feature Bardeen n8n
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$10/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoNo
Data retentionKept while you use Services or as needed; no 3rd-party API data retainedExecution data deleted automatically based on account's retention settings
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPRSOC 2, GDPR
GitHub stars—208.8K
Phone numbers—
CRM sync—
MCP server—
PlatformsWebWeb, Self-hosted
CategoryLead GenerationWorkflow Automation
Rank in its category—#2 of 9
CompanyBardeen, Inc.n8n GmbH
Based inUnited StatesGermany
Founded——
Part of——
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Bardeen | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $10 Basic | no published plan |
| 5 people | $10 Basic | no published plan |
| 20 people | $10 Basic | no published plan |
What the free plans include
Bardeen
Free plan limits aren't published.
n8n
- Free trial of n8n Cloud: 1,000 executions
- 5 concurrent executions
- 180-second execution timeout
- 1 team project
Key features
B Bardeen
- Agentic web scraper with custom or premium templates
- AI web search to research and generate leads
- Verified email and phone number enrichment
- AI lead scoring against your ideal customer profile
- Export to CSV, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion
- Bardeen Agents that run lead sourcing and enrichment
N n8n
- Visual workflow builder with optional custom code
- 500+ native integrations plus HTTP for any API
- AI agents, AI nodes and MCP support
- Human-in-the-loop approvals, e.g. via Slack
- Re-run only the failed step
- Version history with Git-based version control
- SSO (SAML), LDAP, RBAC and audit logs
- Cloud hosting or self-hosting with Docker
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Bardeen
FreeFree
Basic$10/mo
Premium$50/mo or $480/yr (save 20%)
EnterpriseCustom
n8n
Community EditionFree (self-hosted)
Starter€20/mo billed annually
Pro€50/mo billed annually
Business€667/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Bardeen
- Always includes 100 free credits
- Paid plans start at $10/month
- Lists GDPR and SOC 2 Type II certifications
- Exports to Sheets, Airtable and Notion
- Unused credits expire at the end of each billing period
- Enrichment costs 3 credits per row
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
- No public API mentioned
n8n
- Self-hosted Community Edition available on GitHub
- All plans include unlimited users and workflows
- Cloud trial needs no credit card
- Pricing is per execution, regardless of workflow complexity
- Prices listed in euros for annual billing only
- Business plan is self-hosted only
- Support on non-Enterprise plans is forum only
- Self-hosted licensed features need a daily license server check-in
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