folk says it only accepts credit cards as a payment method. If a payment fails, folk gives you 7 days to update your payment details. folk's pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace. Billing is calculated per workspace. Check whether card only suits how you pay before you commit.

# Connections vs folk in 2026

Compare Connections and folk for managing personal and professional contacts: what each tool does, pricing, getting started, and how to choose.

By Uncommon Comforts · 2026-11-03

Uncommon Comforts is published by the team behind Connections, whose products are compared here alongside other tools.

folk's pages describe a contact tool that lets you record phone conversations with your own number and pull in contact details with a Chrome extension. ^[1] ^[1] Connections is a contact book of the people in your life, with core contacts kept free on every plan. ^[2] ^[2] ^[2]

Option	Free option	Paid plans
folk	New workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card ^[3]	Standard is $24 per member per month billed annually, or $30 billed monthly ^[3]; Premium is $48 annually or $60 monthly per member ^[3]; Enterprise from $80 annually or $100 monthly per member ^[3]
Connections	Connections Free costs $0; going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you ^[2]	Connections Pro is $39.99 a month, and Connections Business is $99.99 a month ^[2] ^[2]

The short answer

folk's pages describe a contact tool that lets you record phone conversations with your own number and add contact details with a Chrome extension. ^[1] ^[1] New workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. ^[3] Connections lets you keep a contact book of the people in your life and organize each contact with folders, tags, five-star ratings and follow-up flags. ^[2] ^[2] You can also log every meeting or conversation on a contact, so you can see when you last spoke. ^[2]

Whether folk or Connections meets your needs depends on whether you want to record calls and pull in contact details with a browser extension, or keep your own contact book and log. folk's pages say pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace. ^[3] Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. ^[2]

What folk is built for

folk's own pages describe a tool that records phone conversations with your own number. ^[1] Its Chrome extension adds contact details in one step, and the page says it replaces tools such as Surfe, Apollo, Lusha and Wiza for enrichment. ^[1]

folk's pages say new workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. ^[3] Billing is calculated per workspace, and users can belong to multiple workspaces. ^[3] Pricing is based on the number of members in the workspace. ^[3]

folk says its data is processed and protected in line with EU data protection rules. ^[1] The page also states that folk only accepts credit cards as a payment method. ^[3] If a payment fails, you have 7 days to update payment details. ^[3]

What Connections is built for

Connections is made by the team that publishes this site, Uncommon Comforts. For a person who runs things, Connections is a contact book for the people you deal with, and the core contacts stay free on every plan. ^[2]

You can organize each contact with folders, tags, five-star ratings and follow-up flags. ^[2] Each meeting or conversation can be logged on a contact, and the log shows when you last spoke. ^[2] You can get a summary of who to follow up with, sent outside the app. ^[2]

You can bring contacts in from Google, Apple or a CSV file. ^[2] The app reads business cards, flyers and documents for you. ^[2] Paste or screenshot a note, and it files the details to a contact. ^[2] Paste a rough note, and AI sorts out the contact and relationship details for you. ^[2]

You can make a public digital business card page you can share with a QR code, and a contact file that others can save to their phones. ^[2] Two people can tap phones or scan a QR code to swap contact cards in person. ^[2] You can share one contact's name, phone, email and photo with one tap. ^[2] Connections runs on the web and on phones. ^[2]

Pricing and fees

folk's pages say pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace. ^[3] New workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. ^[3] folk's Standard plan costs $24 per member per month billed annually, or $30 per member per month billed monthly. ^[3] folk's Premium plan costs $48 per member per month billed annually, or $60 per member per month billed monthly. ^[3] folk's Enterprise plan starts from $80 per member per month billed annually, or $100 per member per month billed monthly. ^[3] folk says billing is calculated per workspace, and users can belong to multiple workspaces. ^[3] folk only accepts credit cards as a payment method. ^[3]

Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. ^[2] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and includes premium across every Connections product. ^[2] Connections Business is $99.99 a month, with higher limits across every Connections product. ^[2]

The table below sets out only what is published for each.

Getting started

For folk, its pages say new workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. ^[3] The sign-up steps are not described here, so look at the first screens to see what they ask for. When folk's page describes paid options, it says it only accepts credit cards as a payment method, so check before you choose. ^[3] To record a call, folk's page says you use your own number. ^[1]

To start with Connections, bring in your contacts from Google, Apple or a CSV file. ^[2] Then you can scan a business card, and the app reads it for you. ^[2] Or paste a note, and it files the details to a contact. ^[2] The sign-up steps for Connections are not covered here, so check the first screens before you commit.

Things to check before you choose

Ask how you prefer to pay. folk says it only accepts credit cards as a payment method. ^[3] Ask whether billing per member or per workspace suits how many people will use the tool. folk's pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace. ^[3]

Ask which devices you use and whether they are covered. Connections runs on the web and on phones. ^[2] Ask whether you need to record calls, which folk's page says you can do with your own number. ^[1] Ask whether edits need to flow back to your phone or Google account after you change a contact, since that is a separate question from getting contacts in. Ask for the current prices of both before you commit.

How to choose

If you want to record phone calls with your own number or pull in contact details with one click, folk's pages describe its call recording and its Chrome extension that does that. ^[1] ^[1]

If you want to keep your own contact book, with tags, ratings, follow-up flags and a log of meetings you add, Connections is built for that. ^[2] ^[2] If you want to swap cards in person or share a public card page, Connections has those features. ^[2] ^[2] If you want to start free, Connections Free costs $0. ^[2] folk also starts with a 2 week free trial without a credit card. ^[3]

Frequently asked questions

Does folk have a free trial?

folk's pages say new workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. ^[3] You can test the full thing before paying. After the trial, folk's pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace, so the cost depends on how many people you add. ^[3] Ask how many members you will need and whether a per member price suits that before you start the trial.

Is Connections free for personal contacts?

Connections Free costs $0, and the core contacts stay free on every plan. ^[2] ^[2] Going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. ^[2] Contacts are not capped on any plan. ^[2] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and includes premium across every Connections product. ^[2] Connections Business is $99.99 a month, with higher limits across every Connections product. ^[2]

Can Connections import contacts from Google or Apple?

Connections can bring contacts in from Google, Apple or a CSV file. ^[2] Once they are in, you can organize each one with folders, tags, five-star ratings and follow-up flags. ^[2] Before you move everything over, ask whether edits need to flow back to your phone or Google account, since that is a separate question from getting contacts in.

How do you pay folk?

folk says it only accepts credit cards as a payment method. ^[3] If a payment fails, folk gives you 7 days to update your payment details. ^[3] folk's pricing is based on the number of members in a workspace. ^[3] Billing is calculated per workspace. ^[3] Check whether card only suits how you pay before you commit.

Does folk record phone calls?

folk's page says you can record phone conversations with your own number. ^[1] This means the recording uses a number you already have, rather than a new one from folk. ^[2] If call recording is what you need, check whether that recorded call lands in your contact book automatically or needs its own setup. ^[1]

Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. ^[2] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and adds premium features across every Connections product. ^[2]

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