# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Cognee (slim)

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Cognee's 54.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cognee leads on payments & pricing. Both do memory store. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Cognee's 54.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cognee leads on payments & pricing. Both do memory store.

- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory: A 79.4, rank #12 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-memory.min.md
- Cognee: C 54.6, rank #610 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cognee.min.md
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory, good for Teams already on AWS that want per-user memory under IAM, KMS and Regional controls, with extraction run for them. Ahead on Reliability, 88 against 50; Schema & documentation, 92 against 85; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 59; Security & auth, 87 against 39; Transparency & trust, 76 against 66. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where Cognee loses 3 points for them.
- Cognee, good for Agents whose memory has to include documents, wikis and chat tools as well as conversation, and for teams happy to self-host. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 30. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Cognee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 88 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 87 | 39 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Cognee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Cognee |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com` | `https://<tenant>.aws.cognee.ai/api/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms. The `bedrock-agentcore` Python SDK and the `@aws/agentcore` CLI are Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 21 | 7 |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-03-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 776 stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 31k stars, 21k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |