Head to head · Memory search · October 2026 research run
AI Memory vs TencentDB Agent Memory
AI Memory and TencentDB Agent Memory score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 56.1 (C) and 56 (C). TencentDB Agent Memory leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do memory search.
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Which one, for what
Best for AI Memory keeps shared project memory and task handoffs across coding agents.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 55 against 30
Also in its favour
- Runs on your own machine
Watch for
Existing deployments may still lack authentication
Best for Small teams that run several coding agents on a host they control and want shared, permissioned memory, skills and code context injected through a proxy.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 70 against 50
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 40
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
- Open source
Watch for
The core's bearer gate is off by default, and the deploy notes say enabling it breaks the proxy's auth and session setup
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | AI Memory | TencentDB Agent Memory | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 50 | 51 | TencentDB Agent Memory +1 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 65 | 61 | AI Memory +4 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 65 | 68 | TencentDB Agent Memory +3 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 55 | 30 | AI Memory +25 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 50 | 70 | TencentDB Agent Memory +20 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 40 | 68 | TencentDB Agent Memory +28 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | C 56.1/100 | C 56/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | AI Memory | TencentDB Agent Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Fabio Akita | Tencent Cloud |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-26 |
| 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 | 2.2k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |
Verdicts
AI Memory
Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.
TencentDB Agent Memory
A self-hosted team memory stack with layered recall, per-asset visibility and ACLs, documented HTTP APIs and frequent releases, 2.0.0 to 2.0.3 since August. The default deployment publishes its ports on all host interfaces with the core's bearer gate off, data-plane deletes trust a service-ID header, and the proxy's rate-limit and session admin routes have no authentication.
Before you call either
AI Memory
- Check authentication explicitly before exposing the server beyond loopback.
- Exclude secrets and sensitive repositories from memory capture.
- Back up memory and follow the version 3 migration guide.
TencentDB Agent Memory
- Set
MEMORY_CORE_GATEWAY_API_KEY,KNOWLEDGE_SERVICE_KEYand a non-default admin key before exposing ports 8420, 8424, 8096 or 8125 beyond the host - In headless runs send
x-team-id,x-agent-idandx-task-idheaders to the proxy. Without all three it falls back to an interactive picker and skips memory - Expect every proxied turn to be stored. The proxy records upstream messages and model replies to Memory Core, and injected memory lands in your system prompt
- Check
data.validon/v3/meta/auth/verifyanddata.isErroron/v3/tools/call. Both can fail inside a success envelope - Retry
/v3/session/addonly on 500, 503 or a network error. The API reference says it isn't idempotent and writes a new object each call
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, AI Memory or TencentDB Agent Memory?
AI Memory and TencentDB Agent Memory score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 56.1 (C) and 56 (C). TencentDB Agent Memory leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.
Do AI Memory and TencentDB Agent Memory need an API key?
AI Memory takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TencentDB Agent Memory needs an API key.
Can an agent call AI Memory and TencentDB Agent Memory without installing anything?
AI Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for TencentDB Agent Memory.
Are AI Memory and TencentDB Agent Memory open source?
No open-source release is listed for AI Memory. TencentDB Agent Memory is open source (MIT).
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/api/v1/tools/ai-memory.json·/api/v1/tools/tencentdb-agent-memory.json - From a terminal
anchor compare ai-memory tencentdb-agent-memory(the CLI) - Over MCP
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