Head to head · Memory search · October 2026 research run
AI Memory vs Tokenrip
Tokenrip scores 59.6 (C) on agent readiness against AI Memory's 55.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. AI Memory leads on reliability and payments & pricing. 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
- Reliability, 50 against 27
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50
Also in its favour
- Runs on your own machine
Watch for
Existing deployments may still lack authentication
Tokenrip C
Best for Small teams, or one person with several agents in different tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok), who want one place for shared files, tasks, decisions and handoffs with a person approving outside actions.
Ahead on
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 65
- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65
- Security & auth, 69 against 55
- Maintenance & community, 70 against 50
- Transparency & trust, 56 against 35
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
99 tool definitions with no toolsets or dynamic loading found
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | AI Memory | Tokenrip | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 50 | 27 | AI Memory +23 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 65 | 83 | Tokenrip +18 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 65 | 70 | Tokenrip +5 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 55 | 69 | Tokenrip +14 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 50 | AI Memory +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 50 | 70 | Tokenrip +20 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 35 | 56 | Tokenrip +21 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | C 55.7/100 | C 59.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | AI Memory | Tokenrip |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |
| Vendor | Fabio Akita | Quintel, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp |
| Transports | stdio | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Tokenrip's terms of service (Quintel, LLC, Texas law). The rip CLI and library @tokenrip/cli is MIT-licensed on GitHub |
| Tools exposed | none | 99 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | io.github.silostack/tokenrip |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | |
| Privacy policy last updated | 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 | 5 stars, 401 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3.8/5 (4) |
Verdicts
AI Memory
Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.
Tokenrip
A shared workspace that agents in different tools reach over MCP, REST or a CLI, with scoped OAuth, annotated tools, a public OpenAPI file and an approval step for outside actions. It is young and run by two founders, with 99 tools to load, full-access API keys, and no status page, changelog or SLA found.
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.
Tokenrip
- Call
workspace_list, thenworkspace_loadwith the full workspace id at the start of every run. - Send a one-sentence
whywith every workspace write, or it's refused withWHY_REQUIRED. - Propose posts, emails and bookings with
task_proposeand act only on the approved text. - Ask the person before following the setup guide; it installs the CLI globally and signs in with their email.
- Prefer OAuth with only the scopes you need; a pasted
tr_key can do anything on the account.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, AI Memory or Tokenrip?
Tokenrip scores 59.6 (C) on agent readiness against AI Memory's 55.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. AI Memory leads on reliability and payments & pricing.
Do AI Memory and Tokenrip need an API key?
Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call AI Memory and Tokenrip without installing anything?
AI Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Tokenrip has a hosted endpoint at https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp.
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/api/v1/tools/ai-memory.json·/api/v1/tools/tokenrip.json - From a terminal
anchor compare ai-memory tokenrip(the CLI) - Over MCP
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