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Bardeen vs Microsoft Power Automate

Bardeen and Microsoft Power Automate are both workflow automation tools. Bardeen is aimed at small businesses and agencies, while Microsoft Power Automate is aimed at small businesses and enterprise. Bardeen costs less, from $10/mo versus $15/mo for Microsoft Power Automate. Only Bardeen has a free plan.

Bardeen

Browser automation agents for GTM teams

Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft's workflow automation and RPA platform for Microsoft 365

PricingFreemium · $10Paid · $15
Starting price$10/mo$15/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial—30 days
Built forSmall businesses, AgenciesSmall businesses, Enterprise
Platformswebweb, windows, ios, android
CountryUS · 2020US · 2016
Rating——

Choose Bardeen if

Sales and marketing teams automating browser tasks.

  • Works in your browser
  • No-code scraping
  • GTM templates

Look elsewhere if: Backend automation.

Choose Microsoft Power Automate if

Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 that need governed workflow automation and desktop RPA for legacy apps.

  • Deep native integration with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and Dynamics
  • Many Microsoft 365 licences already include standard connector flows
  • Combines API automation and desktop RPA in one platform

Look elsewhere if: Small teams on mostly non-Microsoft SaaS apps who want quick, simple automations (Zapier, Make, n8n).

Bardeen vs Microsoft Power Automate pricing

Bardeen

  • Free$0100 free credits; credits expire each billing period
  • Basic$10/mo+100 credits/mo
  • Premium$50/mo$40/mo billed annually; +1,000 credits/mo
  • EnterpriseCustomBilled annually; custom bulk credits, custom scrapers

Microsoft Power Automate

  • Premium$15/user/moBilled yearly; cloud flows, attended desktop RPA, process mining
  • Process$150/bot/moBilled yearly; unattended desktop flows for one bot
  • Hosted Process$215/bot/moBilled yearly; adds a Microsoft-hosted virtual machine
  • Process Mining add-on$5,000/tenant/moBilled yearly; requires Premium, 100 GB data storage

Bardeen · Key features

  • Browser scraping
  • AI agents for GTM
  • CRM updates
  • Playbooks
  • Sheets and Notion sync
  • Chrome extension

Cons

  • Credit pricing
  • Scraping fragility
  • LinkedIn policy risk

Microsoft Power Automate · Key features

  • Cloud flows triggered by events, schedules or buttons across 1,000+ connectors
  • Desktop flows that automate Windows apps and websites through RPA
  • Attended bots on user PCs and unattended bots on VMs
  • Copilot that drafts flows from a plain-language description
  • Approvals built into Teams, Outlook and the mobile app
  • Process and task mining to find bottlenecks before automating

Cons

  • Licensing is confusing, with premium connectors and per-bot charges
  • Designer is slower and less intuitive than Zapier or Make
  • Error messages and debugging can be hard for non-developers

Bardeen vs Microsoft Power Automate: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Bardeen or Microsoft Power Automate?

Bardeen starts at $10/mo and Microsoft Power Automate at $15/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Bardeen and Microsoft Power Automate have a free plan?

Bardeen has a free plan. Microsoft Power Automate has no free plan, a 30-day free trial.

Not sure yet?

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