# Basic Memory vs Memori (slim)

> Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) to Memori's 44.2 (E) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Memori's 44.2 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent memory.

- Basic Memory: BB 76.9, rank #38 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basic-memory.min.md
- Memori: E 44.2, rank #1234 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/memori.min.md
- Basic Memory, good for Memory for coding agents and assistants kept as Markdown the user owns, with search and a graph. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 28; Schema & documentation, 89 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 65; Security & auth, 61 against 45; Payments & pricing, 50 against 45; Maintenance & community, 91 against 33; Transparency & trust, 82 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Memori loses 4 points for them.
- Memori, good for Memory captured from LLM calls for apps that already use OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini clients. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Basic Memory | Memori |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 28 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 91 | 33 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basic Memory | Memori |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Basic Memory LLC | Memori Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.memorilabs.ai/mcp/` |
| Transports | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 13 | 7 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-05-27 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-27 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-27 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |
| Popularity | 4.5k stars, 20k PyPI/wk | 17k stars, 130 npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, Basic Memory +58: Basic Memory 91 (v1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 (30).); Memori 33 (SDK 3.3.6 on 27 May 2026, 163 days before the check (10).)
- Reliability, Basic Memory +55: Basic Memory 83 (Local-software lines, as a stdio MCP server the owner runs.); Memori 28 (Hosted lines, since both modes call Memori's API.)
- Transparency & trust, Basic Memory +30: Basic Memory 82 (AGPL-3.0, an OSI licence (30).); Memori 52 (Apache-2.0 per the LICENSE text, though GitHub reports it as NOASSERTION (30).)
- Schema & documentation, Basic Memory +21: Basic Memory 89 (Typed JSON Schema inputs on every tool from Pydantic annotations (25).); Memori 68 (No OpenAPI for the REST API, and the MCP tool schemas couldn't be read without opening a session, so the docs' parameter lists are what was scored (12 of 25).)
- Agent ergonomics, Basic Memory +20: Basic Memory 85 (13 tools, one hidden unless enabled, so the 11 to 30 band (15), with 6 back for the manual tool and the progressive-discovery tags (21 of 25).); Memori 65 (Seven MCP tools with short parameter lists (22 of 25).)
- Security & auth, Basic Memory +16: Basic Memory 61 (Local stdio server with no credential, and cloud OAuth 2.1 through WorkOS with read-only or project-scoped keys on Pro (22 of 30).); Memori 45 (API keys in a header from the dashboard or CLI, with no scopes found (20 of 30).)