Airtable alternative for Contacts
Airtable is great for managing a generic database,
folk is better for managing contacts
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Interact with contacts, not records
folk's contact page is purpose-built for managing contacts, including reminders, comments, interactions and company details
A contact page on folk
folk offers a customizable, purpose-built contact page
A contact page on Airtable
Airtable offers a standard record page
Manage relationships, not databases
Contacts are enriched, deduplicated, and made more actionable with relationship insights
A contact list on folk
folk lists relationships
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A database on Airtable
Airtable lists generic records on a database
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Keep your contacts lists alive, not dead
folk automatically synchronizes interactions and contacts in real time
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A contact page on folk
folk automatically imports your interactions with your contacts
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A contact page on Airtable
Airtable records are not synchronized with contact updates
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Reach out to your contacts directly,
no need to export in CSV
Send bulk messages to groups of contacts, personalize individual messages, and collaborate on emails with your team
Sending an email from folk
folk lets you collaborate on message drafts as a team and send in bulk
Sending an email from Airtable
Exporting a CSV from Airtable is the only way to message contacts
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What's folk?
folk is a lightweight CRM that let's you bring contacts in one place and manage them with your team.
What's Airtable?
Airtable is a database application that help centralize and manipulate data as a team. It's built for multiple usecase like content calendar management, project management, and more.
What's the best option between Airtable and folk for a CRM?
Airtable is a great tool but may not offer all the core functionalities that businesses need. It's great as it offers a high degree of customization and collaboration, but it's falling short when it comes with contact management functionalities: mainly integration with communication tools, enrichment (find contacts email), contacts deduplication, email marketing, among other things.
