- Jan 2025 Rung 3 · Hard allotment
- Now Rung 3 · Hard allotment
Held one rung all window — pattern: Static.
The short version The pricing model has not moved on the continuum over the window.
The verdict
Bardeen has run a hard credit-allotment model continuously from before January 2025 through today, and its metering rung has not moved. The originating event was the December 2024 Pricing 2.0 change, which normalized every action to one credit and made workflow testing free, but kept production usage gated by a fixed monthly credit pack per tier. Snapshots through the window show only plan-name and price-point churn on top of the same allotment mechanism. The decisive evidence is the run-out behavior: Bardeen's FAQ states that exceeding the credit limit pauses premium automations with no overage fees, and to continue you must buy an additional credit pack — there is no automatic overflow. That is a textbook hard stop.
Current pricing snapshot
As published on Bardeen's own pages · captured Jun 12, 2026. Unit: credit.
| Plan | Price / mo | Included | At zero | Top-up vs plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $10 | 100 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
| Premium | $50 | 1,000 | Hard stop | Yes · price hidden |
- Credit ↔ dollar
- Not pegged — a credit is not a fixed $
- Credit burn rate
- Flat per action
- Billing
- Monthly or annual · 20% off annual
- Included credits
- Expire each cycle
- Purchased credits
- Unstated
What changed
- Dec 1, 2024 · Policy change · Bardeen 'Pricing 2.0' takes effect: every action normalized to cost exactly 1 credit (previously variable per action), unlimited team seats added, and workflow testing made free/unlimited so users only spend credits once an automation works as expected; migrating Pro customers offered double credits + 50% off for two years.
Where it's headed
Sourced from Bardeen's official pricing pages and archived snapshots. Primary: pricing page. Method & limits: Methodology & data.