# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Graphicle

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) to Graphicle's 69.8 (B) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Graphicle's 69.8 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Graphicle leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent memory.

- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory: grade A, 79.4/100, rank #12 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-memory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-memory.json
- Graphicle: grade B, 69.8/100, rank #178 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 65 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory (A)

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 63
- Schema & documentation, 92 against 83
- Security & auth, 87 against 69
- Maintenance & community, 83 against 48
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 68

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: Long-term extraction is asynchronous. The docs say records appear within seconds to minutes after a write

### Graphicle (B)

Good for: A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 30

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Graphicle | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 88 | 63 | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory +25 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 83 | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory +9 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 86 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 87 | 69 | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory +18 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | Graphicle +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 48 | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory +35 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 68 | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **79.4 · A** | **69.8 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Graphicle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | KarLex AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| 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 | 25 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-03-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-03-14 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 776 stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 144 stars |

## Verdicts

**Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory.** Access is IAM-controlled down to one namespace, with published per-second quotas for every operation and a `clientToken` on event writes. Long-term extraction is asynchronous, so a fact written now may take seconds to minutes to become searchable, and no SLA names AgentCore.

**Graphicle.** One local program gives a coding agent a code graph and project memory through 25 typed, annotated MCP tools that return cited excerpts within a token budget, with agent-written memories held for human approval. It is one day old at version 0.1.0, its SDKs are not on any registry, and the licence and advisory check fails on main.

## Before you call either

### Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory

1. Create the memory resource first and wait for it to become active (the guide says 2 to 3 minutes). Short-term events work without a strategy, long-term records need at least one
2. Don't search for a fact straight after `CreateEvent`. Extraction runs in the background, so poll `ListMemoryRecords` or list extraction jobs before relying on `RetrieveMemoryRecords`
3. Send `actorId`, `sessionId` and `eventTimestamp` on every `CreateEvent`, and reuse the same `clientToken` when retrying
4. Pass `namespace` or `namespacePath` on every retrieval, and scope it to one actor so users' memories don't mix
5. Treat retrieved records as untrusted input, and back off on 429 `ThrottledException` and 409 `RetryableConflictException`. A quota breach returns 402 `ServiceQuotaExceededException`

### Graphicle

1. Call `recall_project` with a `max_tokens` budget, then `read_project_source` with the cited id and byte offset to continue a cut excerpt
2. Use `query_graph`, `get_neighbors` and `shortest_path` for structure questions, and pass `repo` to reach another synced project
3. Treat proposed memories as drafts. They are not served until a person approves them in `graphicle open` under Memory
4. Ask the user before running `graphicle setup`, which edits agent settings, AGENTS.md and Git hooks, and use `graphicle disconnect` to undo it
5. Over HTTP send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, never in the URL, and on 429 wait for the Retry-After reset

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory or Graphicle?

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Graphicle's 69.8 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Graphicle leads on payments & pricing.

### Do Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory and Graphicle need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory and Graphicle without installing anything?

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory has a hosted endpoint at https://bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com. Graphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.

### Are Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory and Graphicle open source?

No open-source release is listed for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory. Graphicle is open source (Apache-2.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-graphicle.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-graphicle.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "agentcore-memory", "b": "graphicle"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare agentcore-memory graphicle`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentcore-memory.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json

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