Head to head · Crm records · October 2026 research run
folk API + MCP vs Streak API + MCP
folk API + MCP has a score of 61 (C) against Streak API + MCP's 46.5 (D). Both do crm records. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 56 points.
folk API + MCPfolk · HTTP API
C61/100#235 of 452
Streak API + MCPStreak · HTTP API
D46.5/100#395 of 452
Which one, for what
Pick folk API + MCP for
- schema & documentation (+56)
- agent ergonomics (+42)
- payments & pricing (+10)
- transparency & trust (+17)
Pick Streak API + MCP for
- reliability (+13)
- security & auth (+9)
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | folk API + MCP | Streak API + MCP | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 55 | 68 | Streak API + MCP +13 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 91 | 35 | folk API + MCP +56 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 70 | 28 | folk API + MCP +42 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 43 | 52 | Streak API + MCP +9 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 20 | folk API + MCP +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 60 | 60 | even |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 83 | 66 | folk API + MCP +17 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61 · C | 46.5 · D |
Facts side by side
| Fact | folk API + MCP | Streak API + MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | folk | Streak |
| Hosted endpoint | https://api.folk.app/v1 | https://api.streak.com/api/v1 |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | none | none |
| Tools exposed | 38 | none |
| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |
| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-16 |
| Popularity | none | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |
Verdicts
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.
Streak API + MCP
MCP server is OAuth only and revocable from account settings. MCP tool list and count not published.
Before you call either
folk API + MCP
- Send
X-API-Version: 2025-06-09on every REST call - Set an
Idempotency-Keyon creates, and treat a 409IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_IN_PROGRESSas 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
Streak API + MCP
- Keep under 10 requests a second, or tell Streak first, since there's no published hard limit
- Expect no email bodies through MCP and fetch thread context through Gmail instead
- Send the API key as the Basic auth username with an empty password
- Check the plan before relying on webhooks, which start at Pro+
- Handle a 410 as an API version that's no longer supported
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