# folk API + MCP vs SugarAI (SugarCRM) (slim)

> folk scores 60.8 (C) to SugarAI's 49.5 (D) for crm records. 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: 2026-10-09

folk API + MCP scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against SugarAI (SugarCRM)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on reliability and security & auth. Both do crm records.

- folk API + MCP: C 60.8, rank #492 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.min.md
- SugarAI (SugarCRM): D 49.5, rank #793 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm.min.md
- folk API + MCP, good for Small teams running a relationship CRM (founders, agencies, investors) who want an agent to keep contacts, notes and follow-ups current. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 48; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 60 against 22; Transparency & trust, 81 against 71. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- SugarAI (SugarCRM), good for Companies already running Sugar Sell, Serve or Enterprise that want an agent to read and write records under a named user's roles, and that have Sugar's approval for the integration. Ahead on Reliability, 61 against 55; Security & auth, 51 against 43.

| Category | folk API + MCP | SugarAI (SugarCRM) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 61 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 48 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | folk API + MCP | SugarAI (SugarCRM) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | folk | SugarAI Software Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.folk.app/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the SugarAI Customer Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 38 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | none |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |