Folk-Alternative
folk vs Martin
Martin is a proactive AI personal assistant you reach by phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email, Slack, or its own app — it manages your calendar and inbox, sets reminders, and can even text and call on your behalf. Folk works in your texts too, but adds its own cloud computer, built-in real-world skills like restaurant booking and flight tracking, a deeper memory graph, and the option to bring your own keys.
why people switch from Martin to folk
folk has its own computer
Martin coordinates your email, calendar, and communications. Folk does that and runs on its own cloud computer that browses the web and executes code, so it can handle multi-step tasks in a real environment, not just route messages.
real-world skills, built in
Folk ships with Resy booking and flight-price tracking as first-class skills that run autonomously and on a schedule. Martin can search the web and call to book, but folk's monitoring and booking happen on their own in the background.
bring your own models and keys
Folk lets you run your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or OpenRouter keys, kept inside your private sandbox, so you control the models and the spend. Martin does not offer this.
native in the apps you already text in
Folk lives inside iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp. Martin reaches you across SMS, WhatsApp, phone, email, and Slack plus its own app and dashboard; folk keeps everything in the chat you already use.
Funktionsvergleich
| Funktion | Folk | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Lives in iMessage | Ja | Nein |
| Lives in Telegram | Ja | Nein |
| Its own cloud computer | Ja | Nein |
| Persistent memory | Ja | Ja |
| Books tables (Resy) | Ja | Nein |
| Watches flights | Ja | Nein |
| Runs scheduled tasks | Ja | Ja |
| Connects to all your apps | Ja | Ja |
| Bring your own API keys | Ja | Nein |
| Web browsing | Ja | Ja |
| Code generation | Ja | Nein |
| Data privacy (no training) | Ja | Nein |
Preisvergleich
Folk Pro
$20/mo
- Unbegrenzte Nachrichten und Aufgaben
- iMessage + Telegram
- Persistenter Speicher
- Eigener Computer mit Web-Browsing und Code-Ausführung
- Verbindet sich mit all deinen Apps
Folk Max
$100/mo
- Alles aus Pro
- Die besten verfügbaren KI-Modelle
- Keine Wartezeit, vorrangiger Zugang
- Doppelte tägliche Kapazität
- Vorrangiger Zugang zu neuen Funktionen
häufige fragen
What is Martin?
Martin (trymartin.com) is a proactive AI personal assistant marketed as a Jarvis for busy professionals. You reach it by phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email, or Slack, plus an iOS and web app. It manages your calendar, inbox, reminders, to-dos, and notes, can text and call on your behalf, and sends daily briefings.
How is Folk different from Martin?
Both are proactive and multichannel. Folk adds its own cloud computer that browses the web and runs code, built-in real-world skills like Resy booking and flight-price tracking, a memory graph that grows over time, and bring-your-own API keys, all living natively in iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
How does pricing compare?
Martin's paid plans generally run from about $21 to $49 per month depending on tier and billing. Folk is Pro ($20/month) and Max ($100/month), flat.
Can I switch from Martin to Folk?
Yes. Sign up at getfolk.app, subscribe, and you will get an iMessage number and a Telegram bot. Folk starts learning your preferences from your first conversation.
Bereit, Folk auszuprobieren?
Kostenlose Testversion. Danach $20/Monat. Jederzeit kündbar.