Folk is the no-code CRM for solopreneurs. Breakcold is the AI native sales CRM for proper sales teams: auto-sync LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp, email and calls in one inbox, with a native MCP for AI agents.
14-day free trial · 30-min migration from Folk CRM
Real customers · Real screenshots
No staged testimonials. Just screenshots of what they actually wrote about the switch.
Churned from Folk CRM → BreakcoldJulius checkout Breakcold, I shifted from Folk and am in love.
Churned from Folk CRM → BreakcoldHey, I went back here, because I was unhappy with folk, would it be possible to get another 14 day trial, would love to check it out again, think it could fit my needs better :D
Churned from Folk CRM → BreakcoldLong story short, I am migrating from Folk, Linktime and Kondo. Simpler to use Breakcold. Like what I see so far.
Feature scoreboard
Every feature is a point. Here's how the match ends.
Where Breakcold and Folk CRM actually diverge
Not a feature list. The structural gaps that drive real switching decisions — written the way Arnaud explains them to prospects.
Sales in 2026 doesn't happen on email alone. Breakcold treats Email, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram and meetings as first-class channels — auto-synced, threaded next to the deal, and queryable by your AI agents.
Folk CRM doesn't natively support LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Telegram, so every conversation that happens there lives outside your CRM.
Breakcold ships 55 native MCP tools so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and 14 other AI clients can actually mutate your CRM — move deals, create tasks, write notes, read multi-channel threads, score leads.
Folk CRM keeps AI inside the app — it stops at records and email, and can't read the LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Telegram threads where modern sales conversations actually happen.
Breakcold runs on one $59/mo plan. First seat is included, each extra seat is +$10/mo. LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram and AI agents aren't add-ons — they're the product.
Folk CRM bills $60/seat, so a team of 5 costs $300/mo — that's $2,412/year you don't have to spend.
One plan. Full power. Pay for usage, not headcount. The biggest problem with legacy CRM pricing is paying for seats AND for integrations AND for enrichment. Here a new seat is $10/mo, not $59/mo.
EASY CHOICEFirst seat included. +$10/mo per extra seat.
Folk Premium is $60 per seat per month, billed monthly
Breakcold · team of 5
$99/month
Folk CRM · team of 5
$300/month
+$10/mo
per extra account
vs $39–$59/mo per integration on Folk CRM
$0
unlimited enrichment
vs ~$100/mo add-on
1 seat
included in base $59
solopreneurs get the full product
55 native MCP tools across email, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram and meetings — so Claude, ChatGPT and your agents act on the full conversation, not just records.
Catch me up on my top 3 accounts this week — last touch and where each deal stands.
Claudereads & writes your Breakcold CRM through MCP
Records · Tasks · Notes · Inbox (Email · LinkedIn · WhatsApp · Telegram) · CRM objects · Custom fields · Views
Breakcold, the AI native sales CRM alternative to Folk
Folk is great for solopreneurs who want a no-code CRM with a nice UI. Breakcold is built for proper sales teams that need to actually sell: LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp and email auto-sync into one unified inbox without clicking buttons, AI agents work the pipeline through our native MCP, and the whole thing costs $59 per month flat.
5
channels in one workspace
50+
data points enriched
$0
metadata enrichment cost
| Name | Last interaction | Company | Deals | Job title | Location | Bio | Quick notes | Owner | Created | Updated | Service provider type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-lee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-rivera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/riley-chen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/avery-patel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-blake | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinn-ellis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/reese-parker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-hart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-quinn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/harper-stone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-kim | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/skyler-brooks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Drop in the packaged Agent Skill and your AI inherits six production-grade playbooks, with no prompt engineering required.
Follow up Katy — pricing concerns
Re-engage Orbit Labs
Send recap to Marie
Auto follow-up tasks
Example
Follow up Katy: Pricing concerns around multi-seat plan
Cypress
Acme Inc.
Maven HQ
Pipeline auto-movement
Example
Acme Inc. → Meeting Booked (3 LinkedIn replies + 1 calendar accept this week)
Q2 pipeline report
+24%Visual sales reports
Example
Q2 closed-won by source, win-rate by stage, stalled deals
Acme Inc.
Company · 142 employees
Signals
Angle: lead with multichannel + migration speed.
Prospect research
Example
Prospect research: Acme Inc. (company, people, signals)
Inbox → CRM
Scanned 142 messagesJordan Lee
Priya Shah
info@webinar.io
5 created · 2 below 95% threshold
Inbox → CRM detection
Example
Found 7 new people in your inbox this week. Created 5, skipped 2 below threshold.
CRM setup from a URL
Example
Built from breakcold.com: 4 objects, 18 fields, 7 stages, 5 views.
Folk frames itself as LinkedIn friendly but you click buttons in a Chrome extension to sync each conversation. Breakcold auto-syncs LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp and email without lifting a finger. Folk is for solopreneurs, Breakcold is for proper sales teams.
Folk is a French CRM started in 2019 by Thibaud Elzière (co-founder of the startup studio eFounders, now Hexa), Jean-Yves Poilleux and Simo Lemhandiz. The product opened to the public in 2021 and raised a Series A round of around 26 million dollars to scale.
Folk started life as a no-code, Notion style CRM for solopreneurs and small teams. The UI is clean, the onboarding is fast, and the company has been steadily moving up market by adding pipelines, AI assistants and a Chrome extension that pulls data from LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook and WhatsApp.
The honest split is audience. Folk is a great choice if you are a solopreneur, a small partnerships team or a recruiter who mostly needs a relationship database with a few automations on top. Breakcold is built for proper sales teams of 2 to 50 people that actually need to close deals from LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp, email and calls every day.
The biggest practical gap is the inbox. Folk frames itself as LinkedIn friendly, but you click buttons in the Chrome extension to sync each conversation back to a record. Breakcold auto-syncs LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp and email into one unified inbox without anyone touching a button. If your day is messaging people, that difference adds up to hours every week.
The second gap is AI. Folk has four AI assistants for follow-ups, recaps, research and workflows. Breakcold ships a first party MCP server with 54 tools across 17 AI clients, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others can actually read your pipeline, post notes, move deals and reply in your social inboxes. Most of our customers run their CRM from inside Claude Code or Cowork now.
Folk charges per seat. Standard is $30 per user per month billed monthly, $24 annual. Premium is $60 per user per month, and Enterprise starts at $100 per user per month. A real sales team of 5 on Folk Premium is $300 per month, plus the LinkedIn or WhatsApp enrichment add ons that competitors usually charge separately.
Breakcold is $59 per month flat for the base plan, with one seat and one channel account included. Extra seats are $10 per month, extra accounts are $10 per month, and enrichment is unlimited at no token cost. A team of 5 on Breakcold is $59 + 4 x $10 = $99 per month with every channel in. That is roughly one third of the Folk Premium quote for a team that actually closes deals.
Yes. We churn quite a few Folk customers every month, especially recruiters, agencies and SDR teams that need real multichannel selling instead of button click syncing. If you want a fuller breakdown of how the two compare on features, read our long form Folk alternatives review.
BreakcoldConnected
Claude
ChatGPT
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