{ "data": { "a": { "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": [], "auth": "mixed", "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, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.folk.app", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.folk.app/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.folk.app/schemas/2025-06-09.json", "capabilities": [ "crm.records", "crm.pipeline", "crm.activities", "crm.search", "crm.webhooks", "crm.email" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "closed-source", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 445, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 91, "security": 43, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "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.", "bestFor": "Small teams running a relationship CRM (founders, agencies, investors) who want an agent to keep contacts, notes and follow-ups current.", "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" ], "weaknesses": [ "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" ], "agentNotes": [ "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": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 91, "security": 43, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "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": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.json", "live": { "slug": "folk", "probe": { "target": "https://api.folk.app/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:43.536063747Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 78, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 77, "p95ms24h": 158, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2300, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 114, "ok": 114 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.folk.app", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:57:55.701076041Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://folk.app/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:52.123741305Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.folk.app/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:26.892316606Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "folk.app", "registered": "2018-05-08", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/folk.app", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:20.283969053Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.folk.app/changelog", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:13.508654155Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:04:03.749282174Z", "fingerprint": "3d0da301f164" }, { "url": "https://www.folk.app/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:45.735590538Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:45.735590538Z", "fingerprint": "4fff55901e8c" }, { "url": "https://www.folk.app/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:47.838173614Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:47.838173614Z", "fingerprint": "513f91eaa860" }, { "url": "https://www.folk.app/terms-of-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:49.889512486Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:49.889512486Z", "fingerprint": "1c27989c5982" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:43.536063747Z" } }, "answer": "folk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Salesflare leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "salesflare", "name": "Salesflare", "vendor": "Salesflare BVBA", "vendorUrl": "https://salesflare.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crm", "summary": "Salesflare is a sales CRM for small B2B teams that fills in contacts, companies and activity from email and calendars. Agents reach it through a REST API at `api.salesflare.com` and a hosted MCP server with OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/salesflare.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Salesflare's Terms of Service", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.salesflare.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The REST API takes an API key as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. A user creates keys in Settings, API keys, including on a trial account. No scopes, expiry or read-only key type are documented. The MCP server at `https://mcp.salesflare.com/mcp` uses OAuth authorisation code with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration at `api.salesflare.com/oidc/register`, with `openid` and `offline_access` as the only scopes. Access is self-serve.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No free plan. A 30-day trial needs no card and allows API keys. Three plans a user a month, Growth $29, Pro $49 and Enterprise $99 billed annually, or $39, $64 and $124 billed monthly, with a five-user minimum on Enterprise. API and MCP access carry no separate charge, and no API tier was found on the pricing page (https://salesflare.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$29 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI file, the MCP OAuth metadata or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://api.salesflare.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://salesflare.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.salesflare.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "crm.records", "crm.pipeline", "crm.activities", "crm.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "no-card", "status-page", "eu-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 721, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 30, "reliability": 63, "schema": 57, "security": 44, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API has a public Swagger 2.0 file covering 71 operations, with typed filters on every list call and a 30-day trial that needs no card. No rate limit numbers, API changelog, SDK or audit log were found in the reviewed documentation, and API keys carry no documented scopes.", "bestFor": "Small B2B sales teams on Salesflare who want an agent to read and update accounts, contacts, opportunities and tasks through REST or the hosted MCP server.", "strengths": [ "Public Swagger 2.0 file at `api.salesflare.com/openapi.json` with 71 operations across accounts, contacts, opportunities, tasks, pipelines, notes, meetings, calls, tags and workflows", "List calls take `limit`, `offset`, `search`, `order_by`, typed field filters and a `q` rule builder with 33 operators", "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.salesflare.com/mcp` with OAuth authorisation code, PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration", "30-day trial with no card, and an API key can be created on a trial account per the disclosure programme page", "No incident on status.salesflare.com in the 90 days to 9 October 2026. The last notice is dated 17 June 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No rate limit numbers found. The API introduction lists 429 among its status codes with no limit, Retry-After or backoff guidance", "47 of 71 operations document only a `default` response typed as a string, and the file has no examples or error schema", "API keys have no documented scopes, read-only type or expiry, and the OAuth metadata lists only `openid` and `offline_access`", "No API changelog, version history, deprecation dates or official SDK found", "The privacy policy is hosted by Iubenda on a path its robots.txt disallows, so we could not read it, and the DPA is supplied on request" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e` to `https://api.salesflare.com`. A person creates the key in Settings, API keys", "Set `limit` on every list call. The default is 10 on `/accounts` and 20 on `/contacts` and `/tasks`, and no maximum is documented", "Pass `update_if_exists=true` when creating an account, or `force=false` when creating a contact, so a retried call does not duplicate a record", "Write custom fields as `custom__fieldname`, and add `\"_dirty\": \"true\"` to each object in an array sent with PUT, per the help centre", "Expect a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` and `message` on failure, and back off on 429 because no limit is published" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 30, "reliability": 63, "schema": 57, "security": 44, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.salesflare.com/me \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SALESFLARE_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/salesflare" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Growth (API and MCP included)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 29, "note": "billed annually; $39 billed monthly" }, { "item": "Pro (first plan with user permissions)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 49, "note": "billed annually; $64 billed monthly" }, { "item": "Enterprise (five-user minimum)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 99, "note": "billed annually; $124 billed monthly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Salesflare BVBA", "domain": "salesflare.com", "domainRegistered": "2014-05-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://salesflare.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/81768705", "statusPage": "https://status.salesflare.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service name the provider as Salesflare BVBA, Rijnkaai 37 box 4, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium, and are governed by Belgian law with the courts of Antwerp. The page carries no date.", "salesflare.com/privacy holds only a link to the policy on Iubenda. That host's robots.txt disallows `/privacy-policy/`, so we did not read it and a reader that keeps to robots.txt cannot either.", "The REST API answers at api.salesflare.com and the MCP server at mcp.salesflare.com, with OAuth at api.salesflare.com/oidc.", "salesflare.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The disclosure programme at salesflare.com/vdp asks for reports at security@salesflare.com.", "No API changelog or product update log was found. The blog's announcements archive holds one post, from 2016.", "The DPA is requested through a form, with a sample PDF dated 2018 linked from the help centre, which we did not read.", "RDAP for salesflare.com gives a registration date of 2014-05-17." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare.json", "live": { "slug": "salesflare", "probe": { "target": "https://api.salesflare.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:55.330269401Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 71, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 49, "p95ms24h": 95, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.salesflare.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:30.317497091Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:55.330269401Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "folk", "b": "Salesflare BVBA", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.folk.app/v1", "b": "https://api.salesflare.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Salesflare's Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "38", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-15", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "folk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Salesflare leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, folk API + MCP or Salesflare?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do folk API + MCP and Salesflare need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. folk API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.folk.app/v1 and Salesflare at https://api.salesflare.com.", "question": "Can an agent call folk API + MCP and Salesflare without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 57", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 49", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Small teams running a relationship CRM (founders, agencies, investors) who want an agent to keep contacts, notes and follow-ups current.", "slug": "folk", "watchFor": "MCP server in open beta since 1 July 2026" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 63 against 55" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Small B2B sales teams on Salesflare who want an agent to read and update accounts, contacts, opportunities and tasks through REST or the hosted MCP server.", "slug": "salesflare", "watchFor": "No rate limit numbers found. 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21, "edge": "folk", "folk": 70, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "salesflare": 49, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "salesflare", "folk": 43, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "salesflare": 44, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "folk": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "salesflare": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "folk", "folk": 60, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "salesflare": 25, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "folk", "folk": 81, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "salesflare": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "folk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Salesflare leads on reliability. Both do crm records.", "verdicts": { "folk": "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.", "salesflare": "The REST API has a public Swagger 2.0 file covering 71 operations, with typed filters on every list call and a 30-day trial that needs no card. No rate limit numbers, API changelog, SDK or audit log were found in the reviewed documentation, and API keys carry no documented scopes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare.min.md" }, "markdown": "folk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Salesflare leads on reliability. Both do crm records.\n\n- folk API + MCP: grade C, 60.8/100, rank #445 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk.json\n- Salesflare: grade D, 48.5/100, rank #721 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/salesflare.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### folk API + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Small teams running a relationship CRM (founders, agencies, investors) who want an agent to keep contacts, notes and follow-ups current.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 57\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 49\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 58\n\nWatch for: MCP server in open beta since 1 July 2026\n\n### Salesflare (D)\n\nGood for: Small B2B sales teams on Salesflare who want an agent to read and update accounts, contacts, opportunities and tasks through REST or the hosted MCP server.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 63 against 55\n\nWatch for: No rate limit numbers found. The API introduction lists 429 among its status codes with no limit, Retry-After or backoff guidance\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | folk API + MCP | Salesflare | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 63 | Salesflare +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 57 | folk API + MCP +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 49 | folk API + MCP +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 44 | Salesflare +1 |\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 | 25 | folk API + MCP +35 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 58 | folk API + MCP +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.8 · C** | **48.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | folk API + MCP | Salesflare |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | folk | Salesflare BVBA |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.folk.app/v1` | `https://api.salesflare.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Salesflare's Terms of Service |\n| Tools exposed | 38 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**Salesflare.** The REST API has a public Swagger 2.0 file covering 71 operations, with typed filters on every list call and a 30-day trial that needs no card. No rate limit numbers, API changelog, SDK or audit log were found in the reviewed documentation, and API keys carry no documented scopes.\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### Salesflare\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e` to `https://api.salesflare.com`. A person creates the key in Settings, API keys\n2. Set `limit` on every list call. The default is 10 on `/accounts` and 20 on `/contacts` and `/tasks`, and no maximum is documented\n3. Pass `update_if_exists=true` when creating an account, or `force=false` when creating a contact, so a retried call does not duplicate a record\n4. Write custom fields as `custom__fieldname`, and add `\"_dirty\": \"true\"` to each object in an array sent with PUT, per the help centre\n5. Expect a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` and `message` on failure, and back off on 429 because no limit is published\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, folk API + MCP or Salesflare?\n\nfolk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Salesflare leads on reliability.\n\n### Do folk API + MCP and Salesflare need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call folk API + MCP and Salesflare without installing anything?\n\nYes. folk API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.folk.app/v1 and Salesflare at https://api.salesflare.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-vs-salesflare.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"folk\", \"b\": \"salesflare\"}`. 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