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agentmemory vs Zep
Enterprise context, alongside the open-source Graphiti framework. AgentMemory provides local memory shared by existing coding agents.
At a glance
| Aspect | agentmemory | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Shared memory for existing coding agents.source | Enterprise context; Graphiti temporal graphssource |
| License | Apache-2.0source | Commercial Zep; Apache-2.0 Graphitisource |
| Where it runs | Local service; REST and viewer bind to loopback by default.source | Managed or BYOC Zep; self-hosted Graphitisource |
| What it needs | CLI-installed runtime with file-backed state; no separate database service required by default.source | Zep manages its stack; Graphiti needs configured database/modelssource |
| How memory is captured | Automatic capture on supported integrations; explicit MCP and REST writes.source | Application ingestionsource |
| Agent integrations | 26 listed agents through native plugins, MCP or REST. Capabilities vary by host.source | SDKs and MCPsource |
| Retrieval | Keyless BM25; optional vectors and graph. Scoped recall, context budgets and source expansion.source | Temporal graph and hybrid retrievalsource |
| Published benchmarks | BM25 component strict recall-all@5: 84.7% on 470 answerable LongMemEval-S questions. No reader or daemon.source | No matched head-to-head run in this evaluation.source |
| Pricing | No license fee. You operate the runtime; optional hosted providers bill their usage.source | See current plans and provider costs.source |
No competitor was run in our current evaluation. Product capabilities are sourced separately; compare scores only with matched datasets, metrics and configurations.
How they differ
Zep and Graphiti are distinct deployment choices. Evaluate Zep for enterprise context and Graphiti for a graph framework you operate.
Choose Zep if
- You need shared business context or temporal graph infrastructure.
Choose agentmemory if
- You want shared coding history with scoped recall, source expansion and a local viewer.
- You want keyword retrieval without an API key.
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