# AI Memory vs Graphiti

> AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) to Graphiti's 53.3 (D) for memory search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Graphiti's 53.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Graphiti leads on schema & documentation, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do memory search.

- AI Memory: grade C, 55.7/100, rank #733 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ai-memory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ai-memory.json
- Graphiti: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #804 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphiti.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphiti.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 103 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### AI Memory (C)

Good for: AI Memory keeps shared project memory and task handoffs across coding agents.

Ahead on:
- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 51
- Security & auth, 55 against 23

Also in its favour:
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5

Watch for: Existing deployments may still lack authentication

### Graphiti (D)

Good for: Teams that want Zep's temporal graph model on their own infrastructure and can run a graph database.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 71 against 65
- Maintenance & community, 65 against 50
- Transparency & trust, 71 against 35

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Open source

Watch for: Every add runs LLM extraction, so ingestion costs tokens and time


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | AI Memory | Graphiti | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 50 | even |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 71 | Graphiti +6 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 51 | AI Memory +14 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 23 | AI Memory +32 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 65 | Graphiti +15 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 71 | Graphiti +36 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **55.7 · C** | **53.3 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | AI Memory | Graphiti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Fabio Akita | Zep |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 13 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 11k stars | 29k stars, 151k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**AI Memory.** Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.

**Graphiti.** Apache-2.0, with FalkorDB, Neo4j or Amazon Neptune as the store. Every add runs LLM extraction, so ingestion costs tokens and time.

## Before you call either

### AI Memory

1. Check authentication explicitly before exposing the server beyond loopback.
2. Exclude secrets and sensitive repositories from memory capture.
3. Back up memory and follow the version 3 migration guide.

### Graphiti

1. Set OPENAI_API_KEY (or another provider's key) and MODEL_NAME before starting the MCP server
2. Use search_memory_facts for facts and search_nodes for entities instead of reading whole episodes
3. Never call clear_graph to fix one fact. Use delete_episode or delete_entity_edge
4. Pass group_ids on every search and add so one user's graph doesn't leak into another's
5. Call get_status to check the database connection before a long ingest

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, AI Memory or Graphiti?

AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Graphiti's 53.3 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Graphiti leads on schema & documentation, maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

### Can an agent call AI Memory and Graphiti without installing anything?

AI Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Graphiti runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.

### Are AI Memory and Graphiti open source?

No open-source release is listed for AI Memory. Graphiti is open source (Apache-2.0).


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