# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Zep (slim)

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory scores 79.4 (A) on agent readiness against Zep's 69.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 Zep's 69.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do memory store.

- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory: A 79.4, rank #12 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-memory.min.md
- Zep: B 69.3, rank #181 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.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 65; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 70; Transparency & trust, 76 against 57. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.
- Zep, good for Agents that must track how facts about a person or account change over time, inside a team that needs access policies and audit logs. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Zep |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 88 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 87 | 84 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory | Zep |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Zep |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.{region}.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.getzep.com/api/v2` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| 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 (examples repo). The service is closed-source |
| Tools exposed | 21 | 12 |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2024-01-27 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| 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 | 4.9k stars, 130k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |