# folk vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to folk's 19.8 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- folk: F 19.8, rank #993 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #960 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md
- folk, good for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 67 against 58. Also Free to start without a card.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 25; Schema & documentation, 42 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0; Security & auth, 24 against 3.

| Category | folk | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | folk | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |