# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Honcho (slim)

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Honcho's 64.1 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments & pricing. Both do memory store. Honcho accepts x402. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory doesn't. Category scores, facts…

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Honcho's 64.1 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments & pricing. Both do memory store. Honcho accepts x402. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory doesn't.

- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory: A 79.4, rank #12 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-memory.min.md
- Honcho: B 64.1, rank #328 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.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 79; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 65; Security & auth, 87 against 48; Maintenance & community, 83 against 73; Transparency & trust, 76 against 67. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.
- Honcho, good for Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 80 against 30. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; Open source.

| Category | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Honcho |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 88 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 87 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Honcho |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Plastic Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| x402 | no | yes, from $0.001/call |
| 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 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Tools exposed | 21 | none |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-04-24 |
| 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 or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 776 stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |