# folk vs HireAlpha (slim)

> folk scores 19.8 (F) to HireAlpha's 8.4 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.

- folk: F 19.8, rank #993 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md
- HireAlpha: F 8.4, rank #1005 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md
- folk, good for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on Reliability, 25 against 10; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 35 against 2; Transparency & trust, 67 against 24. Also Free to start without a card.
- HireAlpha, good for A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies. Also No key needed to call it; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | folk | HireAlpha |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 10 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 24 |

| Fact (where they differ) | folk | HireAlpha |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | HireAlpha |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | none |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |