diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
index 2402516a246..278884d76a5 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.
 | `useV2DashboardsAPI`                          | Use the v2 kubernetes API in the frontend for dashboards                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `unifiedHistory`                              | Displays the navigation history so the user can navigate back to previous pages                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `investigationsBackend`                       | Enable the investigations backend API                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `k8SFolderCounts`                             | Enable folder's api server counts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| `k8SFolderMove`                               | Enable folder's api server move                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 ## Development feature toggles
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index ef6049346c7..46cebb3309b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -248,4 +248,6 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   unifiedHistory?: boolean;
   lokiLabelNamesQueryApi?: boolean;
   investigationsBackend?: boolean;
+  k8SFolderCounts?: boolean;
+  k8SFolderMove?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/folder.go b/pkg/api/folder.go
index 8f2c195cf4d..cd19f59013e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folder.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folder.go
@@ -63,8 +63,16 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerFolderAPI(apiRoute routing.RouteRegister, authoriz
 				folderUidRoute.Put("/", handler.updateFolder)
 				folderUidRoute.Delete("/", handler.deleteFolder)
 				folderUidRoute.Get("/", handler.getFolder)
-				folderUidRoute.Get("/counts", handler.countFolderContent)
-				folderUidRoute.Post("/move", handler.moveFolder)
+				if hs.Features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagK8SFolderCounts) {
+					folderUidRoute.Get("/counts", handler.countFolderContent)
+				} else {
+					folderUidRoute.Get("/counts", authorize(accesscontrol.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionFoldersRead, uidScope)), routing.Wrap(hs.GetFolderDescendantCounts))
+				}
+				if hs.Features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagK8SFolderMove) {
+					folderUidRoute.Post("/move", handler.moveFolder)
+				} else {
+					folderUidRoute.Post("/move", authorize(accesscontrol.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionFoldersWrite, uidScope)), routing.Wrap(hs.MoveFolder))
+				}
 			})
 		} else {
 			folderRoute.Post("/", authorize(accesscontrol.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionFoldersCreate)), routing.Wrap(hs.CreateFolder))
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index c3ecbab4883..f5858478fc1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1719,6 +1719,20 @@ var (
 			Owner:       grafanaAppPlatformSquad,
 			Expression:  "false",
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "k8SFolderCounts",
+			Description: "Enable folder's api server counts",
+			Stage:       FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:       grafanaSearchAndStorageSquad,
+			Expression:  "false",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "k8SFolderMove",
+			Description: "Enable folder's api server move",
+			Stage:       FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:       grafanaSearchAndStorageSquad,
+			Expression:  "false",
+		},
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index ff8687d9ad5..456e915dbba 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -229,3 +229,5 @@ elasticsearchCrossClusterSearch,preview,@grafana/aws-datasources,false,false,fal
 unifiedHistory,experimental,@grafana/grafana-frontend-platform,false,false,true
 lokiLabelNamesQueryApi,GA,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,false
 investigationsBackend,experimental,@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad,false,false,false
+k8SFolderCounts,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
+k8SFolderMove,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 4cd67bed405..c28ff8058a8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -926,4 +926,12 @@ const (
 	// FlagInvestigationsBackend
 	// Enable the investigations backend API
 	FlagInvestigationsBackend = "investigationsBackend"
+
+	// FlagK8SFolderCounts
+	// Enable folder's api server counts
+	FlagK8SFolderCounts = "k8SFolderCounts"
+
+	// FlagK8SFolderMove
+	// Enable folder's api server move
+	FlagK8SFolderMove = "k8SFolderMove"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index b764e3bc1c2..c36e5cd724c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -1586,6 +1586,34 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "folderCounts",
+        "resourceVersion": "1734702013658",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-12-20T13:40:13Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2024-12-27T10:19:54Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enable folder's api server counts",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/search-and-storage",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "folderMove",
+        "resourceVersion": "1734702013658",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-12-20T13:40:13Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2024-12-27T10:19:54Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enable folder's api server move",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/search-and-storage",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "formatString",
@@ -1886,6 +1914,32 @@
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "k8SFolderCounts",
+        "resourceVersion": "1735294794086",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-12-27T10:19:54Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enable folder's api server counts",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/search-and-storage",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "k8SFolderMove",
+        "resourceVersion": "1735294794086",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-12-27T10:19:54Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enable folder's api server move",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/search-and-storage",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "kubernetesAggregator",