# Asmi vs folk (slim)

> Asmi scores 33.3 (F) to folk's 19.8 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.md (~3,350 tokens) · this version ~580 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

Asmi scores 33.3 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Asmi: F 33.3, rank #973 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asmi.min.md
- folk: F 19.8, rank #993 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md
- Asmi, good for An agent that needs phone calls, texts and emails to businesses done for its owner. Ahead on Reliability, 30 against 25; Schema & documentation, 20 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 43 against 0; Security & auth, 49 against 3. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- folk, good for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 35 against 3; Transparency & trust, 67 against 51. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Asmi | folk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 20 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asmi | folk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Humint Labs, Inc. | Nozomio, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Closed service under Asmi's Terms of Service (Humint Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective October 2026). | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |