About folk
folk is a CRM aimed at teams that manage relationships rather than long, rigid sales processes. Contacts and companies are kept in shared groups, so agencies, startups, partnership teams and sales teams can organize who they are in touch with and what comes next.
Features listed on the site include a Chrome extension for capturing people, data enrichment, messages and sequences, AI sales assistants, pipeline management and dashboards. There are versions tuned for LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook and WhatsApp, along with a mobile app, a desktop app, an MCP connection and an API. Pages target sales teams, agencies, startups and partnership teams. folk is proprietary and delivered as a hosted service. Visitors can get a demo, and plans are on the vendor's pricing page along with a changelog and a help center.
Key features
- Shared groups for contacts and companies
- Chrome extension for capturing people
- Contact data enrichment
- Messages and outreach sequences
- AI sales assistants
- Mobile and desktop apps
Good fit for
- →Agencies tracking client and partner relationships
- →Social selling from LinkedIn
- Tags
- crm
- contacts
- relationships
- sequences
- enrichment
- ai
- saas
folk: questions and answers
- What is folk used for?
- folk is a lightweight CRM for contacts and relationships, with shared groups, enrichment, sequences and AI sales assistants. It is a good fit for agencies tracking client and partner relationships, and social selling from LinkedIn.
- How much does folk cost?
- Paid plans for folk start at $30 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
- Is folk open source?
- No. folk is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to folk include Twenty, Atomic CRM and Krayin CRM.
- What are some alternatives to folk?
- folk competes with Attio, HubSpot and Pipedrive. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source folk alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to folk
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Twenty
CRM
The #1 Open Source CRM for modern teams. Modular, scalable, and built to fit your business
OSSvs Salesforce★ 58k
Atomic CRM
CRM
A full-featured CRM built with React, shadcn/ui, and Supabase.
MITvs HubSpot★ 1.3k
Krayin CRM
CRM
Krayin CRM is Free & Open Source CRM Built with Laravel for Customer, Lead, and Sales Mana
MITvs Salesforce★ 24k
Frappe CRM
CRM
Fully featured, open source CRM
AGPL-3.0vs HubSpot★ 3.7k
EspoCRM
CRM
EspoCRM – Open Source CRM Application
AGPL-3.0vs Salesforce★ 3.4k
BottleCRM
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Open Source CRM for Startups and enterprises. Django + SvelteKit · Self-hosted · Multi-ten
MITvs Salesforce★ 2.4k
SaaS alternatives to folk
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Attio
CRM
Customizable data-model CRM for startups and growth teams
SaaS
HubSpot
CRM
HubSpot is a CRM platform that unites marketing, sales and customer service software, with a free CRM tier and paid hubs for each function.
SaaS
Pipedrive
CRM
Pipedrive is a sales CRM built around visual pipelines, with lead management, automation, email tracking and meeting intelligence for sales teams.
SaaS
Nimble
CRM
Social CRM that enriches contacts from email and social profiles
SaaS
Dash VELO
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CRM platform with AI-driven insights, deal tracking and pipeline forecasting
SaaS
Zoho Bigin
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Lightweight pipeline CRM from Zoho for micro and small businesses
SaaS

