# folk vs Meta AI

> Meta AI is a general chatbot inside WhatsApp and Instagram. Folk is a private personal AI that lives in your texts, remembers you, and takes real action - booking, tracking, scheduling - and never trains on your data. $20/mo.

Meta AI is built into WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger as a general-purpose chatbot. Folk also lives in your messages - iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp - but it is a personal AI that remembers you, takes real action, runs on its own private cloud computer, and never trains on your data.

## Why people switch from Meta AI to folk

### private by design

Meta folds interactions with its AI into its broader data ecosystem. Folk runs each user in an isolated sandbox and never trains models on your data - your conversations and memory stay yours.

### folk takes action, not just chat

Meta AI answers questions and generates images. Folk books restaurants, tracks flight prices, manages email, and runs scheduled tasks using its own cloud computer and your connected apps.

### folk remembers your life

Meta AI is a general assistant everyone uses the same way. Folk builds a persistent memory graph of your preferences, people, and routines, so it gets more useful the longer you use it.

### your own models and keys

Folk lets you bring your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or OpenRouter keys, kept inside your private sandbox, so you control the models and the spend. Meta AI does not offer this.

## Feature comparison

| Feature | folk | Meta AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lives in iMessage | Yes | No |
| Lives in Telegram | Yes | No |
| Its own cloud computer | Yes | No |
| Persistent memory | Yes | No |
| Books tables (Resy) | Yes | No |
| Watches flights | Yes | No |
| Runs scheduled tasks | Yes | No |
| Connects to all your apps | Yes | No |
| Bring your own API keys | Yes | No |
| Web browsing | Yes | Yes |
| Code generation | Yes | No |
| Data privacy (no training) | Yes | No |

## FAQ

### What is Meta AI?

Meta AI is Meta's general-purpose AI assistant, built into WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook. It answers questions, searches the web, and generates images inside Meta's apps.

### How is Folk different from Meta AI?

Meta AI is a general chatbot in your DMs. Folk is a personal AI that takes real action, remembers you across conversations, runs on its own private cloud computer, works in iMessage and Telegram too, and never trains on your data.

### Is Folk more private than Meta AI?

Yes. Folk runs each user in an isolated sandbox, never uses your data to train models, and lets you bring your own API keys. Privacy is a core part of folk's design.

### Can I use Folk in WhatsApp like Meta AI?

Yes. Folk works in WhatsApp, iMessage, and Telegram - you text it like a friend and it takes action on your behalf. Folk Pro is $20/month with a free tier to start.

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Canonical page: https://www.folk.com/alternative/meta-ai
More about folk (for AI agents): https://www.folk.com/llms.txt · full context: https://www.folk.com/llms-full.txt
folk is a personal AI that lives in your texts (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp). Pro $20/mo, Max $100/mo. Made by Nozomio Labs. Sign up: https://www.folk.com/