AWFlow vs Bardeen: both in the browser, different philosophies.
- No account needed to start
- A full node canvas with loops, branches and code
- Free on-device AI, with agents that follow your rules
- Built for sales and go-to-market teams
- An AI web scraper with ready-made templates
- Lead qualification and contact enrichment
Both tools live in your browser. Pick Bardeen to find, qualify and enrich sales leads; pick AWFlow for a full workflow canvas with on-device AI and agents that follow your rules .
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Different homes. Different strengths.
We marked an edge only where one tool is clearly better at that job. They take several of them, and that's fine.
| 01 · At a glance |  AWFlow | Bardeen |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | In your browser, as an extension. Local mode keeps your data in the browser. | A Chrome extension, with Bardeen's service handling accounts and credits.1 |
| Setup | Edge · AWFlowInstall the extension. No account needed. | Sign up for a Bardeen account and add the Chrome extension.1 |
| Pricing model | Edge · AWFlowLocal mode is free with no usage limits from us. Cloud AI keys you add are billed by that provider. | 100 free credits, and paid plans with more. Scraping, AI tools and enrichment use credits per row.4 |
| Building approach | A node-based canvas with 189 nodes, loops, branches and code where you want it. | Scraper templates and natural-language prompts to create and fine-tune automations.2 |
| On-device AI | Edge · AWFlowBuilt in: Chrome built-in AI, WebLLM, Transformers.js and TensorFlow.js run on your device. | AI tools are part of its credit-based service.24 |
| Agent rules | Agents with skills, knowledge and memory, plus rules that allow an action, ask you first or block it. | AI focused on leads: describe your ideal lead and AI helps prioritise who to pursue.3 |
| Lead sourcing and enrichment | Reads the pages you open and can send results to your CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio); no contact-enrichment service of its own. | Edge · BardeenAn agentic web scraper to source leads, plus contact enrichment to reach them.3 |
| Sales tool integrations | 22 app integrations, Custom API and any website you can open. | Edge · BardeenSyncs lead data to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion and CRMs, with import guides for tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive.5 |
| Where your data lives | Edge · AWFlowWorkflows, memory, knowledge and keys stay in your browser in local mode. | Accounts and credit-based actions run through Bardeen's service; see its privacy policy.14 |
| Community templates | Community templates in the Marketplace, each showing what it touches. | Scraper templates for sites such as GitHub, YouTube and Zillow.2 |
Bardeen details reflect its public website as of the review date; features and plans change, so check bardeen.ai for current terms.
Choose by where the work happens.
You want leads, found and enriched.
- Your work is prospecting and sales research
- You need contact enrichment for the leads you find
- You want ready-made scraper templates more than a canvas
- Your stack is built around CRMs and sales outreach tools
You want to build it your way.
- You want a full canvas with loops, branches and code
- You want AI that runs on your own device, free and private
- You want agents that ask before anything sensitive
- You want to start without an account
- You want right-click, hotkey and side-panel automations
Use what fits. Per job.
Both run in your browser, so you can source leads in one and build custom, private workflows in the other. AWFlow's HTTP Request node can hand results to any service that accepts a webhook.
Two extensions can live side by side; each asks for its own site access.
AWFlowSummarises the page on-device- HTTP RequestSends the summary as JSON
- Your CRMStores it with the lead
Rebuild an automation as a workflow.
There's no importer for Bardeen automations. Most are a handful of steps.
List what it does
Write down the page it reads, the data it extracts and where the data goes.
Ask Aria to draft it
Describe the steps in Build mode and review the draft before anything runs.
Add your rules
Turn it into an agent if you like, with ask-first rules for anything sensitive.
Are both tools browser extensions?
Yes — Bardeen describes itself as a Chrome extension. The difference is the approach: AWFlow is a node canvas with on-device AI and agent rules; Bardeen focuses on finding, qualifying and enriching leads.
Do I need an account?
Not for AWFlow's local mode. Sign in when you want your workflows in the cloud on several devices, or to install and publish Marketplace workflows.
Can I import Bardeen automations?
No. There is no importer, but most automations are short and Aria can draft one from a description.
Which keeps my data more private?
In AWFlow's local mode, workflows, memory, knowledge and keys stay in your browser, and on-device AI keeps text on your machine. Check Bardeen's privacy policy for how it handles data.
Sources for Bardeen claims
- Describes itself as a Chrome extension ("As a Chrome extension, Bardeen understands the way you work")Source: www.bardeen.ai/support (opens in a new tab), checked ↩
- Natural language to create and fine-tune automations (AI Tools); scraper templates for GitHub, YouTube, Zillow; Get started links to sign-up.Source: www.bardeen.ai/support (opens in a new tab), checked ↩
- Automation and workflow platform for GTM teams; agentic web scraper to source leads, AI qualification ("Describe your ideal lead so AI can prioritize"), contact enrichment.Source: www.bardeen.ai (opens in a new tab), checked ↩
- 100 free credits; paid plans add credits; Scraper, Web Search and AI Tools cost 1 credit per row, Enrichment 3 credits per row.Source: www.bardeen.ai/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked ↩
- Syncs lead data to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion and CRMs; import guides for Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and others.Source: www.bardeen.ai/integrations (opens in a new tab), checked ↩
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