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      "slug": "folk",
      "name": "folk API + MCP",
      "vendor": "folk",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.folk.app",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "crm",
      "summary": "REST API and hosted MCP server for folk, a relationship CRM for small teams.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.folk.app/v1",
      "packages": [],
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      "authNotes": "REST calls take a workspace API key as a Bearer token; keys have no scopes and share one rate limit per user. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.folk.app/mcp uses OAuth and acts with the signed-in user's permissions.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "No free plan, a 14-day trial with no card. Standard $24 a member a month billed yearly or $30 monthly (MCP, no REST API), Premium $48 yearly or $60 monthly (adds REST API, custom objects and deals), Enterprise from $80 yearly or $100 monthly (https://www.folk.app/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$24 / seat-mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No payments. Access follows the folk subscription.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 38,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developer.folk.app",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developer.folk.app/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://developer.folk.app/schemas/2025-06-09.json",
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        "crm.records",
        "crm.pipeline",
        "crm.activities",
        "crm.search",
        "crm.webhooks",
        "crm.email"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source",
        "no-card"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 235,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 91,
          "security": 43,
          "transparency": 83
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
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        "verdict": "Dated API versions, a year's support and 6 months' deprecation notice with `Deprecation` and `Sunset` headers. MCP server in open beta since 1 July 2026.",
        "strengths": [
          "Dated API versions, a year's support and 6 months' deprecation notice with `Deprecation` and `Sunset` headers",
          "`Idempotency-Key` on writes and a 429 body with `retryAfter`",
          "Errors carry `code`, `message`, `documentationUrl` and `requestId`",
          "MCP tools badged read-only, destructive or idempotent, and none delete records",
          "Privacy policy lists 24 processors, hosting in AWS Ireland and retention periods"
        ],
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          "MCP server in open beta since 1 July 2026",
          "REST API keys have no scopes and MCP gets the user's full access",
          "REST API only on Premium and Enterprise",
          "Status page history didn't load, so the incident record is unknown",
          "No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 found, and no security.txt"
        ],
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          "Send `X-API-Version: 2025-06-09` on every REST call",
          "Set an `Idempotency-Key` on creates, and treat a 409 `IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_IN_PROGRESS` as wait and retry",
          "On a 429, wait until `details.retryAfter`, and remember all your keys share one 600-a-minute budget",
          "Move off the reminder endpoints to tasks before their removal on 2027-02-13",
          "Expect some interaction content to be hidden by the workspace's privacy rules"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 61
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 91,
          "security": 43,
          "transparency": 80
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
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        "http": "curl https://api.folk.app/v1/users/me -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FOLK_API_KEY\" -H \"X-API-Version: 2025-06-09\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http folk https://mcp.folk.app/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "folk": {
              "url": "https://mcp.folk.app/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/folk"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Standard",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 24,
          "note": "billed yearly, $30 monthly; MCP but no REST API"
        },
        {
          "item": "Premium (first plan with REST API)",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 48,
          "note": "billed yearly, $60 monthly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 80,
          "note": "from, billed yearly, $100 monthly"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Folk Inc.",
        "domain": "folk.app",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-05-08",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.folk.app/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.folk.app/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.folk.app",
        "changelog": "https://developer.folk.app/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of use don't name the company; Folk Inc. (Delaware) is named as data controller in the privacy policy."
        ],
        "score": 86
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.json",
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        "slug": "folk",
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          "target": "https://api.folk.app/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:48:49.60875245Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 68,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 76,
          "p95ms24h": 135,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 1146,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 44,
              "ok": 44
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          ]
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.folk.app",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:02.014225421Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://folk.app/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:03.944112115Z"
        },
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          "url": "https://developer.folk.app/llms.txt",
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:47.339375936Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "folk.app",
          "registered": "2018-05-08",
          "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/folk.app",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:20.283969053Z"
        },
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          {
            "url": "https://www.folk.app/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:18.043002651Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.folk.app/privacy-policy",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.folk.app/terms-of-use",
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            "fingerprint": "0087fb9b9d0d"
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      "slug": "hubspot-mcp",
      "name": "HubSpot API + MCP",
      "vendor": "HubSpot",
      "vendorUrl": "https://developers.hubspot.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "crm",
      "summary": "HubSpot's CRM REST API (objects, associations, search, properties, pipelines, engagements, webhooks) and its official MCP servers.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hubspot-mcp.json",
      "license": "proprietary",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.hubapi.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@hubspot/api-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "hubspot-api-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@hubspot/cli"
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      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST API takes a Bearer token, either a static Service Key from a Developer Platform project (version 2026.09, scoped, rotatable with a 7-day grace period) or an OAuth 2.0 token for a public app. Creating new legacy private apps was removed from the UI in late September 2026; existing ones keep working until v1 to v3 APIs and legacy apps lose support in September 2027. The remote MCP server is OAuth 2.1 with PKCE only, through an MCP connector created under Development, MCP Connectors; its scopes follow the tools and what the user grants, with no API-key path. The developer MCP server authenticates through the HubSpot CLI.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free CRM for up to 2 users with no card, and the API and remote MCP server work on it. Sales Hub Starter $20 a seat a month billed monthly ($7 billed yearly as shown on 2026-09-30), Professional $100 billed monthly or $90 billed yearly plus a $1,500 onboarding fee, Enterprise $150 a seat a month plus a $3,500 onboarding fee. Some MCP tools need Marketing Hub or Revenue Hub Professional (https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/sales).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / seat-mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No payments. Access follows the HubSpot account.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 32,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 1822222,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.hubspot.com/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://github.com/HubSpot/HubSpot-public-api-spec-collection",
      "capabilities": [
        "crm.records",
        "crm.pipeline",
        "crm.activities",
        "crm.search",
        "crm.webhooks",
        "crm.marketing",
        "work.tickets"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "oauth",
        "crm",
        "enterprise",
        "mcp",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "free-tier",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "typescript",
        "python"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 71.6,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 80,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 82,
          "transparency": 86
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Remote MCP server GA since 13 April 2026, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE only. Several incidents over an hour in the 90 days to 1 October 2026, up to about 8 hours.",
        "strengths": [
          "Remote MCP server GA since 13 April 2026, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE only",
          "Writes need user confirmation after a proposed-changes summary, and there's no delete tool",
          "Free CRM for 2 users with API and MCP access, no card",
          "Date-based API versions, and v1 to v3 support ends in September 2027, announced a year ahead",
          "HackerOne bug bounty, signed security.txt, SOC 2 Type II"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Several incidents over an hour in the 90 days to 1 October 2026, up to about 8 hours",
          "Emails, notes and conversations reach the model with no injection guidance",
          "Privacy policy allows using personal data to train HubSpot AI models",
          "No Retry-After documented on 429s and no idempotency keys for CRM writes",
          "Some tools need Marketing Hub or Revenue Hub Professional, and about ten are beta"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `discover_hubspot_schema` before writing, so property names match the portal",
          "Use `search_crm_objects` with filter groups and a `properties` list instead of listing everything",
          "Expect `manage_crm_objects` to stop for user confirmation, so plan the turn around it",
          "Read `policyName` on a 429 to tell a 10-second burst from the daily cap",
          "Ask for Sensitive Data to stay off only if the job needs calls, emails or notes, since it blocks them"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 71.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 82,
          "transparency": 71
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts?limit=5\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http hubspot https://mcp.hubspot.com",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "hubspot": {
              "url": "https://mcp.hubspot.com"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/hubspot-mcp"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Free CRM (API and MCP included)",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 0,
          "note": "up to 2 users"
        },
        {
          "item": "Sales Hub Starter",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "billed monthly; $7 billed yearly as shown on 2026-09-30"
        },
        {
          "item": "Sales Hub Professional",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 90,
          "note": "billed yearly; $100 billed monthly; $1,500 onboarding fee"
        },
        {
          "item": "Sales Hub Enterprise",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 150,
          "note": "$3,500 onboarding fee"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "HubSpot, Inc.",
        "domain": "hubspot.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2005-02-06",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://legal.hubspot.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.hubspot.com",
        "changelog": "https://developers.hubspot.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "hubspot-mcp",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.hubapi.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:48:50.517842488Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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          "p95ms24h": 547,
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          "samples30d": 2100,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-27",
              "probes": 132,
              "ok": 132
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-09-28",
              "probes": 285,
              "ok": 285
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-09-29",
              "probes": 286,
              "ok": 286
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 286,
              "ok": 286
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 44,
              "ok": 44
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.hubspot.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:49:45.72807236Z"
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        "versions": [
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            "registry": "npm",
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            "version": "14.0.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:49.922868215Z"
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            "registry": "npm",
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            "version": "8.15.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:50.939118771Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "hubspot-api-client",
            "version": "12.0.0",
            "released": "2025-05-07",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:50.740864489Z"
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        "pypiWeekly": 969997,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://hubspot.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2034-06-01:00:00.000Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:40.441210399Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:53.583284886Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "hubspot.com",
          "registered": "2005-02-06",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/hubspot.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:21.286115434Z"
        },
        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://developers.hubspot.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:53.951602465Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "bded8982ef5b"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/sales",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:44.386899556Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "4946a854611c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:28.209124268Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "9e413e1b43dd"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://legal.hubspot.com/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:30.35697602Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "411a0ca7d33f"
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        ],
        "mcpTools": {
          "url": "https://mcp.hubspot.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-09-29T21:56:37.542192661Z",
          "status": "auth",
          "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools",
          "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:53.627458056Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:49:45.72807236Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "HubSpot API + MCP has a score of 71.6 (BB) against folk API + MCP's 61 (C). Both do crm records. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 39 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hubspot-mcp.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick folk API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick HubSpot API + MCP for reliability (+5), security \u0026 auth (+39), maintenance \u0026 community (+24).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | folk API + MCP | HubSpot API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 60 | HubSpot API + MCP +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 92 | HubSpot API + MCP +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 72 | HubSpot API + MCP +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 82 | HubSpot API + MCP +39 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 84 | HubSpot API + MCP +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 86 | HubSpot API + MCP +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61 · C** | **71.6 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | folk API + MCP | HubSpot API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | folk | HubSpot |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.folk.app/v1` | `https://api.hubapi.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | 38 | 32 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Popularity | none | 1.8M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**folk API + MCP.** Dated API versions, a year's support and 6 months' deprecation notice with `Deprecation` and `Sunset` headers. MCP server in open beta since 1 July 2026.\n\n**HubSpot API + MCP.** Remote MCP server GA since 13 April 2026, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE only. Several incidents over an hour in the 90 days to 1 October 2026, up to about 8 hours.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### folk API + MCP\n\n1. Send `X-API-Version: 2025-06-09` on every REST call\n2. Set an `Idempotency-Key` on creates, and treat a 409 `IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_IN_PROGRESS` as wait and retry\n3. On a 429, wait until `details.retryAfter`, and remember all your keys share one 600-a-minute budget\n4. Move off the reminder endpoints to tasks before their removal on 2027-02-13\n5. Expect some interaction content to be hidden by the workspace's privacy rules\n\n### HubSpot API + MCP\n\n1. Call `discover_hubspot_schema` before writing, so property names match the portal\n2. Use `search_crm_objects` with filter groups and a `properties` list instead of listing everything\n3. Expect `manage_crm_objects` to stop for user confirmation, so plan the turn around it\n4. Read `policyName` on a 429 to tell a 10-second burst from the daily cap\n5. Ask for Sensitive Data to stay off only if the job needs calls, emails or notes, since it blocks them\n\n## Other comparisons with folk API + MCP or HubSpot API + MCP\n\n- [Attio API + MCP vs folk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-folk.md)\n- [Attio API + MCP vs HubSpot API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-hubspot-mcp.md)\n- [Close API + MCP vs folk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-folk.md)\n- [Close API + MCP vs HubSpot API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-hubspot-mcp.md)\n- [Copper API vs folk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copper-vs-folk.md)\n- [Copper API vs HubSpot API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copper-vs-hubspot-mcp.md)\n- [folk API + MCP vs Freshsales API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-freshsales.md)\n- [folk API + MCP vs Pipedrive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-pipedrive.md)\n- [folk API + MCP vs Salesforce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesforce.md)\n- [folk API + MCP vs Streak API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-streak.md)\n- [folk API + MCP vs Twenty API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-twenty.md)\n- [Freshsales API vs HubSpot API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshsales-vs-hubspot-mcp.md)\n- [HubSpot API + MCP vs Pipedrive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hubspot-mcp-vs-pipedrive.md)\n- [HubSpot API + MCP vs Salesforce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hubspot-mcp-vs-salesforce.md)\n- [HubSpot API + MCP vs Streak API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hubspot-mcp-vs-streak.md)\n- [HubSpot API + MCP vs Twenty API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hubspot-mcp-vs-twenty.md)\n",
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