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{"title": "Dex vs folk in 2026: Which Fits Your Contacts?", "description": "See how Dex and folk handle contact management, what each costs, and how Connections compares on plans, trials and getting started.", "url": "https://uncommoncomforts.com/dex-vs-folk/", "date": "2026-11-03"}
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See how Dex and folk handle contact management, what each costs, and how Connections compares on plans, trials and getting started.

Dex's Premium plan includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] folk offers a Chrome extension for enrichment and a feature for recording calls with your own number. [^2] [^2] Connections, made by the team that publishes this site, is a contact book of the people in your life, and the core contacts stay free on every plan. [^3] [^3] [^3]

| Option | Free fee | Paid fee |
|---|---|---|
| Dex | Free trial: a credit card is required to start it, and nothing is charged until the trial ends, and it can be cancelled before then. [^1] Card fee not published. | Premium costs $12 a month and includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] Professional costs $20 a month and includes all Premium features. [^1] The Team plan costs $40 per user per month, billed monthly. [^1] Card fee not published. |
| folk | New workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. [^4] Card fee not published. | Standard is $24 a member a month billed yearly, or $30 billed monthly. [^4] Premium is $48 a member a month billed yearly, or $60 billed monthly. [^4] Enterprise starts from $80 a member a month billed yearly, or $100 billed monthly. [^4] Card fee not published. |
| Connections | Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3] Card fee not published. | Connections Pro is $39.99 a month. [^3] Connections Business is $99.99 a month, with higher limits across every Connections product. [^3] Card fee not published. |

## The short answer

Dex's Premium plan includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] folk offers a Chrome extension for enrichment that replaces tools such as Surfe, Apollo, Lusha and Wiza, and a feature for recording phone calls with your own number. [^2] [^2] Connections is a contact book for the people in your life, and each contact can have folders, tags, a five-star rating and a follow-up flag. [^3] [^3]

Which one meets your needs depends on whether you want a tool whose access spans mobile, extension, web and desktop, folk's contact enrichment and call recording, or a contact book where you record each meeting yourself. [^1] [^2] [^2] [^3] Dex's free trial needs a credit card to start, and nothing is charged until the trial ends. [^1] Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3]

## What Dex and folk are built for

Dex's Premium plan includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] The Team plan costs $40 per user per month, billed monthly. [^1] A free trial is available, and a credit card is required to start it, with no charge made until the trial ends. [^1]

folk's pages describe a Chrome extension for enrichment that replaces tools such as Surfe, Apollo, Lusha and Wiza. [^2] folk offers a phone call recording feature that lets users record calls with their own number. [^2] Billing is calculated per workspace, and users can belong to multiple workspaces. [^4] folk says its data is processed and protected in line with EU data protection rules. [^2]

## 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. [^3]

You can organize each contact with folders, tags, five-star ratings and follow-up flags. [^3] Each meeting or conversation can be logged on a contact, and the log shows when you last spoke. [^3] You can get a relationship follow-up digest outside the app. [^3]

You can bring contacts in from Google, Apple or a CSV file. [^3] The app reads business cards, flyers and documents for you. [^3] Paste or screenshot a note, and it files the details to a contact. [^3] Paste free text, and AI turns it into structured contact and relationship details. [^3]

You can make a public digital business card page with a QR code and a vCard download. [^3] Two people can tap phones or scan a QR code to swap contact cards in person. [^3] You can share one contact's name, phone, email and photo with one tap. [^3] Connections runs on the web and on phones. [^3]

## Pricing and fees

Dex's published prices cover a few plans. Premium is $12 a month and includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] The Team plan costs $40 per user per month, billed monthly. [^1] A free trial is available, and a credit card is required to start it, with no charge until the trial ends. [^1]

folk charges per member per month, and its pages give yearly and monthly rates. [^4] Standard is $24 a member a month billed yearly, or $30 billed monthly. [^4] Premium is $48 a member a month billed yearly, or $60 billed monthly. [^4] Enterprise starts from $80 a member a month billed yearly, or $100 billed monthly. [^4]

Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and includes premium across every Connections product. [^3] Connections Business is $99.99 a month, with higher limits across every Connections product. [^3]

A separate card processing fee is not published in the cited pricing facts for any of the three. The table below sets out only what is published for each.

## Getting started

Dex offers a free trial, and a credit card is required to start it, with no charge made until the trial ends and cancellation possible before then. [^1] The sign-up steps are not described here, so check the first screens to see what they ask for.

For folk, new workspaces get a 2 week free trial with all premium features, without a credit card. [^4] The sign-up steps are not described here, so check the first screens. folk says its pricing is based on the number of members in the workspace. [^4]

To start with Connections, bring in contacts from Google, Apple or a CSV file. [^3] Then scan a business card, and the app reads it for you. [^3] No detail about Connections sign-up is published here, so check the first screens before you commit.

## Things to check before you choose

Ask which apps and devices you use, and whether each tool reaches them. Dex's Premium plan lists mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] folk's Chrome extension is described as a tool for enrichment, so check which sites and tasks it covers. [^2]

Ask how you pay and what happens if a payment fails. folk accepts credit cards as its only payment method, and gives 7 days to update payment details after a failed payment. [^4] [^4] Ask for the current prices of all three before you commit, and confirm that folk's per-member billing matches the number of people who will use it. [^4]

## How to choose

If you want a Chrome extension for contact enrichment, folk describes one that replaces tools such as Surfe, Apollo, Lusha and Wiza. [^2] If you want to keep your own contact book with tags, ratings, follow-up flags and a log of meetings you add, Connections offers those features. [^3] [^3]

If you want a tool whose access spans mobile, extension, web and desktop, Dex's Premium plan lists those. [^1] If you want to record calls with your own number, folk has that. [^2] Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3] folk's free trial needs no credit card. [^4]

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Dex free to use?

Dex offers a free trial, and a credit card is required to start it, with nothing charged until the trial ends. [^1] The trial can be cancelled before then. [^1] Premium costs $12 a month and includes mobile, extension, web and desktop access. [^1] The Team plan costs $40 per user per month, billed monthly. [^1] Check the current price of the plan you want before you sign up.

### Does folk need a credit card for its free trial?

No credit card is needed to start folk's trial, which runs for 2 weeks with all premium features. [^4] After the trial, paid plans are billed per member per month, with yearly and monthly rates. [^4] [^4] folk says it accepts credit cards as its payment method. [^4] Ask how the yearly and monthly rates compare for the number of members you need.

### Can folk record phone calls?

folk offers a phone call recording feature that lets users record calls with their own number. [^2] That is one way to keep a record of a conversation. Ask how the recording is stored and what it covers before relying on it, since that detail is not published here.

### Can Connections import contacts from Google or Apple?

Connections can bring contacts in from Google, Apple or a CSV file. [^3] Once they are in, you can organize each one with folders, tags, five-star ratings and follow-up flags. [^3] Before you move everything over, check how later changes to a contact are handled, since bringing contacts in is one step and keeping them up to date is another.

### Is Connections free for personal contacts?

Connections Free costs $0, and the core contacts stay free on every plan. [^3] [^3] Going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and includes premium across every Connections product. [^3] Connections Business is $99.99 a month, with higher limits across every Connections product. [^3]

Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^3] Connections Pro, the first paid plan, is $39.99 a month and adds premium features across every Connections product. [^3] - [Visit Connections](/go/start)

## Sources

[^1]: Dex, getdex.com/pricing, read 2026-10-08 (https://getdex.com/pricing)
[^2]: folk, folk.app, read 2026-10-23 (https://www.folk.app)
[^3]: Connections' own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start)
[^4]: folk, folk.app/pricing, read 2026-10-23 (https://www.folk.app/pricing)