Dex vs folk

Dex

• Individuals who want to stay in touch with a large personal network
• Founders, investors and job seekers who network heavily on LinkedIn
• Students: there is a 50% discount with a school email

folk

• Small sales teams, agencies and founders who prospect on LinkedIn
• Teams that manage relationships across email and WhatsApp
• People who want enrichment and outreach inside the CRM rather than in separate tools

Dex

• No free plan is listed on the pricing page, and the 7-day trial requires a credit card.
• Dex has no deals or pipelines; its makers say it is not a sales CRM.
• Outlook integration, mail merge, multiple email accounts and API or Zapier access need Professional.
• LinkedIn sync stops at 2,500 connections on Premium and 9,000 on Professional and Enterprise.

folk

• There is no free plan; the 14-day trial is followed by a paid subscription.
• Deals, email sequences, dashboards and API access are only on Premium and Enterprise.
• Enrichments, AI magic fields and messages are capped each month on Standard and Premium.
• The terms of use state that all fees are non-refundable.

Dex

LinkedIn sync and job-change alerts

The browser extension syncs your LinkedIn connections in the background and tells you when a contact changes title. Plans cap the number of synced connections.

Keep-in-touch reminders

Dex reminds you to keep in touch with people, notifies you of upcoming birthdays and important dates, and shows where the last conversation left off.

Email, calendar and messaging sync

Connects Gmail, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, Instagram and iMessage so recent interactions and meeting attendees appear on each contact. Outlook needs Professional.

Notes and custom fields

Store how you met, work and education history, important dates, family details and gift ideas on each person, with custom fields for anything else.

Dex Research

Builds a briefing on a contact covering background, current role and what has changed since you last spoke, using monthly credits: 10 on Premium, 20 on Professional.

MCP server for AI assistants

An MCP server lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini read your contacts, notes and follow-ups from your Dex account.

folk

folkX Chrome extension

Saves people and companies from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and other social sites into folk from the browser, so contacts do not have to be typed in by hand.

Email, calendar and WhatsApp sync

Gmail or Outlook mail, calendars and WhatsApp conversations are synced to each contact. Standard allows 1 synced account per member and Premium allows 5.

Contact enrichment

Looks up missing email addresses and phone numbers for contacts. Standard includes 500 enrichments a month and Premium 1,000; Enterprise limits are custom.

Pipelines and deals

Customizable pipelines track contacts and companies through each stage on every plan. Deals, custom objects and dashboards are added on Premium.

Campaigns and sequences

Personalized email campaigns can be sent from folk, with 2,000 messages per member a month on Standard and 5,000 on Premium. Multi-step email sequences need Premium.

AI assistants

Four assistants suggest follow-ups for stalled conversations, summarize a relationship, research companies and run trigger-based outreach workflows.

Dex

• Premium$12

  per month, billed annually ($16 quarterly, $20 monthly)

  Web, desktop, mobile and extension access, LinkedIn sync for up to 2,500 connections, 10 research credits a month, and email and calendar integrations.

• Professional$20

  per month, billed annually ($27 quarterly, $34 monthly)

  LinkedIn sync for up to 9,000 connections, 20 research credits a month, mail merge, voice mode, Outlook integration, and API and Zapier access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds 50 research credits a month, CRM and notetaker integrations, SAML SSO, a SOC 2 report, and team billing on one invoice.

folk

• Standard$24

  per member / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)

  Pipelines, email campaigns, the LinkedIn extension, 500 enrichments and 2,000 AI magic fields a month, and 2,000 messages per member a month.

• Premium$48

  per member / month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)

  Adds deals and custom objects, email sequences, dashboards, workspace roles and API access, with 1,000 enrichments and 5,000 messages per member a month.

• EnterpriseFrom $80

  per member / month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)

  Custom limits for enrichment, messages and syncs, security controls, group-level permissions and a dedicated account manager.

Dex

• Annual discount

  Up to 40% off with annual billing

  Premium is $12 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly, and Professional is $20 against $34. Quarterly billing is about 20% off, at $16 and $27.

• Education

  50% off for students for one year

  Students with a .edu email can claim a code for 50% off for one year. The pricing FAQ says MBA students get 50% off for two years.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit discounts on request

  The pricing FAQ says non-profit discounts are available by contacting Dex support. No percentage is published.

folk

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  folk's pricing page lists Standard at $24 per member a month billed annually instead of $30 monthly, and Premium at $48 instead of $60.