| Price from | $8/mo | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 11 |
| Spec score · AI Research Assistants | 9.2 (#2) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Audience | Fabric describes the product as built for founders, solopreneurs, agencies, creatives, students, researchers, and teams. | Folio presents Scholar as a free plan for writing and proving work, Fellow for keeping up with a field, and Chair for supervisors and teams. |
| Product | Fabric describes itself as a workspace for files, clients, notes, meetings, research, and AI, with connected information and AI agents. | Folio is an integrated workspace for discovering literature, reading, writing, citing and documenting authorship. |
| Security | Fabric says files are encrypted at rest using 256-bit AES and data in transit is protected by SSL/TLS. | Folio says database row-level security enforces access and that it does not sell user data or train models on users’ writing. |
| Support | The Enterprise plan includes priority support and account management. | The Chair plan includes direct founder support. |
