agent platform · alternative
A Bardeen alternative for businesses that need custom AI automation, not a SaaS.
Bardeen is ai agent platform focused on browser automation + linkedin / sales-prospecting workflows. Solidus designs and builds the entire custom AI automation network around your business — productized engagements starting at $4,500.
What is Bardeen?
AI agent platform focused on browser automation + LinkedIn / sales-prospecting workflows.
Positioned for: Solo founders and small sales teams running browser-based prospecting workflows.
Where Bardeen wins
- ✓Strong browser automation (LinkedIn scraping, web data extraction)
- ✓AI agent layer that can chain browser actions
- ✓Affordable for individual operators
Where Solidus wins
- ✓Browser-centric — most B2B workflows are API-centric and Bardeen is a wrong-fit there
- ✓Self-serve only — you build, you maintain, you debug
- ✓No backend integration with your data layer (CRM, database, custom systems)
The honest read
Bardeen is excellent for browser-based individual workflows. Solidus is for when those workflows need to plug into your backend, run reliably without a browser tab open, and integrate with your CRM, billing, and data layer. Different shape of automation — apples to oranges in most B2B contexts.
Start with the $4,500 audit.
Pay, fill an intake, get a Claude Opus-written strategic roadmap inside a week. No sales call required.
Questions
How is Solidus different from Bardeen?+
Bardeen is excellent for browser-based individual workflows. Solidus is for when those workflows need to plug into your backend, run reliably without a browser tab open, and integrate with your CRM, billing, and data layer. Different shape of automation — apples to oranges in most B2B contexts.
Is Bardeen ever the right answer?+
Yes — when solo founders and small sales teams running browser-based prospecting workflows.. Strong browser automation (LinkedIn scraping, web data extraction) AI agent layer that can chain browser actions. For everyone else, owned custom AI automation tends to be a better fit at the price points we operate at.
What does Solidus cost vs Bardeen?+
Solidus offers productized engagements: $4,500 for an Audit + Roadmap, $25,000 for a Single-Workflow Build, $75,000-$150,000 for a Full Automation Network. Bardeen starts at $60/mo.