Best Bardeen alternatives
Bardeen is an AI automation assistant that lives in your browser. It’s popular with GTM teams for one-click scrapes and ad-hoc playbooks, but it is local-only by default. Cloud runs cost extra and still depend on the extension. What’s more, there’s no fine-grained proxy or CAPTCHA control for complex sites. If those limits are slowing you down, the platforms below let you automate and scale your web scraping tasks.

Apify
Apify is a full-stack web scraping platform that provides cloud-native runs and scheduling to keep flows alive 24 / 7 with no extension required. It hosts 6,000+ ready-made data collection tools for every kind of website and has a built-in anti-blocking stack to keep your scraping jobs uninterrupted. First-class integrations (Google Sheets, Zapier, webhooks, S3/GCS, and dozens more make data delivery simple.

Zapier
If you want breadth over scraping muscle, Zapier’s 8,000-app catalog and new AI agents give you cloud-native automations that never depend on your laptop. You can move scraped data into almost any SaaS without touching code. It won’t beat Bardeen on in-browser scraping, but it crushes it on SaaS-to-SaaS data movement, without credit throttles.

Make
Make offers a visual flow chart builder, sub-minute scheduling, and 400+ AI agents you can drop into any branch. It’s fully cloud-hosted — no extension. If Bardeen’s playbook logic feels cramped, Make lets you branch, loop, and error-handle at enterprise scale.

n8n
n8n is open-source, self-hostable for total data control, or you can use n8n Cloud. It provides drag-and-drop when you want no-code speed or JavaScript/Python function nodes when you need to code. It’s a great option for privacy-sensitive teams who dislike SaaS lock-in.

PhantomBuster
Bardeen users often scrape and act on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram data. PhantomBuster also lets you scrape, enrich, and act on data. You can auto-connect or DM in one flow. Everything runs server-side with built-in rate-limit guardrails, so it’s popular with growth teams who need both data and outreach.

Cloud execution
Apify Platform
24 / 7 serverless
Zapier
Fully cloud
Make
Fully cloud
n8n
Cloud or self-host
PhantomBuster
Fully cloud
Browserflow
Optional cloud runs
Apify Platform
Zapier
Make
n8n
PhantomBuster
Browserflow
Cloud execution
24 / 7 serverless
Fully cloud
Fully cloud
Cloud or self-host
Fully cloud
Optional cloud runs
Proxy / anti-bot power
Rotating proxies, CAPTCHA solving
N/A (API-level)
N/A
Bring-your-own
Managed social-network guardrails
Basic proxies
Pricing model
Usage-based (subscription + consumption)
Task-based
Operation-based (flat)
Free/self-host or seat-based
Slot-based
Flat tiers
Best for
Dev & data teams scaling automations
SaaS data plumbing
Visual, complex branching
Privacy-critical workflows
Social scraping & outreach
Quick, recorded automations
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