Instantly vs folk

Two CRM tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	InstantlyInstantly	folkfolk
In one line	Cold email at volume with inbox rotation and warm-up	Lightweight CRM that lives in your inbox and LinkedIn
Starting price	From $37.60/mo	From $24/person
Six-person team	Not listed	$144/mo
Plans	Growth $37.60/mo billed annually ($47 monthly; unlimited email accounts, 5,000 emails/mo, 1 user: team members only on Hypergrowth); Hypergrowth $77.60/mo ($97 monthly); Light Speed $286.30/mo; lead database sold separately	Per member, unlimited contacts. Standard $30/member/mo or $24 billed yearly (2,000 messages a member a month, 500 enrichments); Premium $60/mo or $48 billed yearly (deals, sequences, dashboards, API); Enterprise from $100/mo or $80 billed yearly. No free plan; 14-day trial with Premium features, no card. Card payment only
Pricing model	Paid	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	Unlimited sending accounts	Per member
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	None in our catalog	None in our catalog5,000+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Every paid plan; Hypergrowth and up	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Instantly.	Folk has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	See reviews on Capterra	Not listed
Trustpilot score	See reviews on Trustpilot	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	5	25
Fit: Restaurant or café	5	15
Fit: Service business	55	65
Fit: Agency or studio	88	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	30	35
Fit: Online store	25	30
Why people pick it	Unlimited sending accounts on every plan Built-in warm-up	Works from your inbox and LinkedIn Unlimited contacts
Where it falls short	Only useful for cold outbound Lead data costs extra	No free plan Deals and reports need Premium
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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