Free
$0
Free
Up to 3 seats, 50,000 records, up to 3 objects (no custom objects), 100 seat credits a user and 250 workspace credits a month.
API included
Plan details
API, webhooks, workflows and MCP. No credit card.
Comparison
Attio vs folk
Pick Attio if you want a free plan that already includes the API, webhooks, workflows and an official MCP, with companies unique on domain and people on email. Pick folk if you want batch writes of 100 records per call and email and phone enrichment inside the CRM; its REST API starts on Premium at $48 a member a month billed yearly.
Pick Attio if
- You want a free CRM with the API, webhooks, workflows and MCP included, for up to 3 seats and 50,000 records
- You want the API itself to stop duplicates: companies are unique on domain and people on email
Pick folk if
- You load data in batches: folk takes up to 100 people or companies per request
- You want email and phone enrichment inside the CRM, up to 500 people per request
Attio
CRM
folk
CRM
At a glance
Attio
- From
- $35/user/moPlus annual, $44 monthly
- Free plan
- YesFree plan, $0, 3 seats, no card
- Pricing model
- Per seat
- MCP server
- Official
folk
- From
- $24/member/moStandard yearly, $30 monthly
- Free plan
- NoNo free plan card; 2-week trial, no card
- Pricing model
- Per seat
- MCP server
- Official
Where they differ
15 points side by side. Open a value for the full detail.
| What | Attio | folk |
|---|---|---|
| Relational CRM with REST APIA relational CRM with a REST API for records, lists, notes, tasks, meetings and webhooks, plus custom objects on Pro and an Enterprise-only SQL endpoint. | Lightweight relationship CRMA lightweight relationship CRM for people, companies, groups and deals, with batch endpoints, search, idempotency keys and email and phone enrichment on workspace credits. | |
| Free plan, $0, 3 seats, no cardFree plan at $0: up to 3 seats, 50,000 records and 3 objects, with the API, webhooks, workflows and MCP. No credit card. | No free plan card; 2-week trial, no cardNo free plan among the pricing page's plan cards (its title and one FAQ answer mention a free plan). A 2-week trial with all Premium features and no card. If you do not upgrade, the account is blocked; the data is kept and the trial can be extended by a week on request. | |
| Plus $35/user/mo annual, $44 monthlyPlus: $35 a user a month billed annually, or $44 billed monthly. Up to 10 seats and 250,000 records. Verified 2026-10-25. | Standard $24/member/mo yearly, $30 monthlyStandard: $24 a member a month billed yearly ($288 a year), or $30 billed monthly. It has no REST API. Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| Per user, annual saves 20%Per user. Annual billing saves 20%. Each plan includes seat credits and workspace credits for AI features and workflows; extra workspace credits cost from $70 a month billed annually ($85 monthly) for 5,000, on Plus and above. | Per member, yearly saves 20%Per member, prorated when you add or remove members. Yearly billing saves 20%. Each plan includes monthly enrichments, messages, AI fields and research credits. | |
| Every plan, Free includedEvery plan, Free included. The SQL endpoint is Enterprise only. REST calls use no credits. | Premium ($48/member/mo yearly) and upPremium ($48 a member a month billed yearly) and above. Standard has the MCP but no REST API and no Zapier or Make apps. | |
| Bearer API key, OAuth 2.0 for appsAuthorization: Bearer header. Keys are workspace-level, scopes are set at creation, and our key had no expiry. OAuth 2.0 for apps used by many workspaces. | Bearer API keyAuthorization: Bearer header. Create keys under Settings > API; a key is shown once. | |
| 100 reads, 25 writes a second100 reads and 25 writes a second across the whole API. Lower limits on some endpoints, such as SQL at 2 a second and merges at 5. Responses carry no rate-limit headers. | 600 requests/min per userPer user, shared by all of that user's keys: 600 requests a minute and a burst of 20 per 2 seconds. Rejected calls still use quota. Every response carries rate-limit headers. | |
| No batch endpointNo batch record endpoint. Referenced records can be created inline, and each one counts as one more write. | Batch of up to 100 per requestBatch create and update of up to 100 people, companies or group objects per request, with a result per record. | |
| Unique on domain and email; PUT upsertCompanies are unique on domain and people on email. A PUT upsert with matching_attribute returns the existing record; a plain create with a taken domain is rejected with 400. | Unique company names; Idempotency-Key on retriesCompany names are unique: creating an existing name returns that company. Domain is not the key. Deals and custom objects are never matched, so send an Idempotency-Key when you retry. | |
| Every plan, signedOn every plan. Events for records, lists, notes, tasks, comments and activities, with optional filters, signed with HMAC-SHA256. | Yes, signed (Standard Webhooks)Yes, set on the same Settings > API page. Events such as person.created and enrichment events, signed with HMAC-SHA256 per the Standard Webhooks spec. | |
| YesOfficial, at mcp.attio.com/mcp, OAuth only. Tools cover records, lists, notes, tasks, meetings, call recordings, emails and reports; the SQL tool is not on every plan. | YesOfficial, at mcp.folk.app/mcp, OAuth, on every plan including Standard. Tools cover people, companies, objects, notes, groups, interactions, tasks and enrichment. | |
| Free 3 objects, 50,000 recordsFree: 3 objects and 50,000 records. Plus: 5 objects and 250,000 records. Pro: 12 objects, custom objects and 1,000,000 records. Enterprise: unlimited objects. | People, companies, groups; deals on PremiumPeople, companies and groups on every plan. Objects such as deals start on Premium. | |
| Firmographics on records you holdAttio enriches the company and person records you hold; a company record carries fields such as estimated ARR, funding raised and employee range. It is not a prospect database. | Email and phone enrichment, 500 per requestAsync email and phone enrichment for up to 500 people per request, billed in workspace credits per field found: 500 enrichments a month on Standard, 1,000 on Premium. A LinkedIn URL is often needed. | |
| Workflows every plan; sequences on ProWorkflows on every plan, run on workspace credits. Sequences and call intelligence start on Pro. | Sequences from PremiumEmail sequences start on Premium. Standard includes 2,000 messages a member a month, Premium 5,000. | |
| Clay and ZapierClay and Zapier are listed on Attio's apps pages. | Zapier and Make on Premium; n8nZapier and Make apps on Premium and above. folk's own docs show an n8n setup through the REST API. |
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Pricing, plan by plan
US dollars as each vendor's page showed them on 25 Oct 2026. One panel per tool; switch each between monthly and annual billing (an annual price is the monthly rate when you pay for the year up front).
Attio
4 plans · API reviewPlus
$44/mo
billed monthly
$35/mo
billed annually
Per user. Up to 10 seats, 250,000 records, up to 5 objects (no custom objects), 500 seat credits a user and 1,500 workspace credits a month. Billed monthly, or annually at $35 a user a month.
API included
Pro
$99/mo
billed monthly
$79/mo
billed annually
Per user. Unlimited seats, 1,000,000 records, up to 12 objects with custom objects, sequences and call intelligence, 1,000 seat credits a user and 10,000 workspace credits a month. Billed monthly, or annually at $79 a user a month.
API included
Enterprise
Custom quote
Price on request, billed annually.
API included
Plan details
Unlimited objects and seats, 2,500 seat credits a user, custom workspace credits, SQL endpoint.
folk
3 plans · API reviewStandard
$30/mo
billed monthly
$24/mo
billed annually
Per member. 500 enrichments a month, 2,000 messages a member a month, 2,000 AI fields, 200 research credits, 1 account sync a member. MCP included; no REST API, no Zapier or Make apps, no deals. Billed monthly, or yearly at $288.
No API
Premium
$60/mo
billed monthly
$48/mo
billed annually
Per member. REST API, Zapier and Make apps, objects such as deals, email sequences. 1,000 enrichments a month, 5,000 messages a member a month, 5,000 AI fields, 200 research credits, 5 account syncs a member. Billed monthly, or yearly at $576.
API included
Enterprise
$100/mo
billed monthly
$80/mo
billed annually
From $100 a member a month billed monthly, or from $80 billed yearly ($960).
API included
Plan details
Custom limits, group-level permissions.
Which one to pick
Choose Attio if
- You want a free CRM with the API, webhooks, workflows and MCP included, for up to 3 seats and 50,000 records.
- You want the API itself to stop duplicates: companies are unique on domain and people on email.
- You need custom objects and a relational data model, from the Pro plan.
- You read more than you write: Attio allows 100 reads a second.
Choose folk if
- You load data in batches: folk takes up to 100 people or companies per request.
- You want email and phone enrichment inside the CRM, up to 500 people per request.
- You want rate-limit headers on every response and idempotency keys for safe retries.
- Your team is fine driving the CRM through MCP on Standard and adding the REST API on Premium.
If neither fits: If your team runs a deal pipeline with many sales seats and needs mature reporting, compare the larger pipeline CRMs, for example HubSpot vs Pipedrive.
Want us to build it for you?
Choosing between Attio and folk, or moving from one to the other? Tell us your setup. We will show you how we would run it, and what we would check first.
Questions people ask
Does folk have a free plan like Attio?
Not among its plan cards (the pricing page title and one FAQ answer do mention a free plan). folk gives a 2-week trial with all Premium features and no card, then blocks the account unless you upgrade; the data is kept. Attio has a Free plan at $0 for up to 3 seats and 50,000 records, with the API, webhooks, workflows and MCP included.
Which plan do I need for the Attio or folk API?
Attio's REST API is on every plan, Free included; only the SQL endpoint needs Enterprise. folk's REST API starts on Premium at $48 a member a month billed yearly or $60 monthly. folk's MCP works on every plan, so a Standard workspace can be driven by an AI agent but not by your own code.
How do Attio and folk handle duplicate companies from the API?
Attio keys companies on domain: an upsert by domain returns the existing record, and a plain create with a taken domain fails with a uniqueness error. folk keys companies on name: creating a company with an existing name returns that company, and the domain is not used as the key.
Can I connect Attio or folk to Claude through MCP?
Yes. Both run official hosted MCP servers that use OAuth: Attio at mcp.attio.com/mcp and folk at mcp.folk.app/mcp. folk includes MCP on every paid plan, and Attio includes it on Free.
Related
Read from attio.com/pricing, folk.app/pricing and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
