Dex vs folk (2026)
Dex is a mature, polished personal CRM built around keep-in-touch reminders, a timeline per contact, and a browser extension for saving people from LinkedIn and the web. folk is a lightweight, well-designed team CRM with shared contact lists, pipelines, email sequences, and enrichment — priced per seat.
Quick verdict
Dex and folk get cross-shopped constantly, but they're built for different buyers. Dex is a personal CRM: one person, their network, keep-in-touch reminders, ~$12/mo. folk is a lightweight team CRM: shared contact lists, pipelines, email sequences, priced per seat (~$20–40/seat/mo). Buying for yourself → Dex. Buying for a team that works contacts together → folk. Picking the wrong one means paying for machinery you'll never use — in either direction.
Dex vs folk: feature comparison
| Dex | folk | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From ~$12/mo (as of July 2026) | Roughly $20–40/seat/mo depending on plan (as of July 2026) |
| Free tier | Limited free tier | Trial |
| Availability | Shipping — web, mobile, extension | Shipping — web + extension |
| Built for | One person's network | Teams sharing contacts |
| Core strength | Keep-in-touch reminders + timeline | Shared pipelines, views, and sequences |
| Collaboration | None (personal) | Its whole point |
| Outreach | Reminders; you write the email | Built-in email sequences |
| Enrichment | LinkedIn sync, job-change alerts | Contact enrichment built in |
| Pricing | From ~$12/mo, limited free tier | ~$20–40/seat/mo, trial |
| Overkill risk | Low for individuals | High for solo users — you pay for team features |
Pricing as of July 2026; verify on each vendor’s site.
Who should pick which
Pick Dex if…
- It's your own network and nobody else needs to see it.
- Reminders to stay in touch are the main job.
- You want the lower flat price.
Pick folk if…
- Two or more people need to work the same contact list.
- You run deal or hiring pipelines with stages.
- You need sequences and shared email visibility.
There’s also Wend
Full disclosure: this page is published by Wend, a product in the same category as Dex. If you're a solo user, before you settle for another database you have to feed, know the option we built: Wend fills and maintains itself — live Gmail and Calendar sync, AI capture from conversations and screenshots, a source on every fact, promises tracked, follow-ups drafted in your voice — at $12.99/mo flat, no per-seat math. It's in private beta with an open waitlist, and if manual upkeep is what killed your last CRM, it's the comparison worth reading next.
A relationship brain that maintains itself.
Wend is in private beta — we’re onboarding in small batches. Drop your email and we’ll save you a place in line.
Dex vs folk — FAQ
Is folk or Dex better for one person?
For an individual, Dex — it's built as a personal CRM with keep-in-touch reminders at ~$12/mo (as of July 2026). folk is priced per seat and its best features (shared pipelines, sequences) assume a team.
Can folk replace Dex for a team?
If a team needs to share contacts and run pipelines, folk is the better fit — Dex has no real collaboration layer. Many people use folk at work and a personal tool for their own network.
Are there alternatives to both?
Yes — Wend (our product — an AI relationship brain that fills and maintains itself from email and calendar, $12.99/mo flat, in private beta), Monica HQ (open-source, manual), Mesh (auto-updating address book, formerly Clay), and Cloze (email-heavy aggregation). Our best-personal-CRM guide compares all of them, Wend included, weaknesses and all.