# claude-mem vs Supermemory API + MCP

> Supermemory scores 63.8 (B) to claude-mem's 58.6 (C) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Supermemory API + MCP scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against claude-mem's 58.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. claude-mem leads on reliability. Both do agent memory.

- claude-mem: grade C, 58.6/100, rank #677 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-mem.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-mem.json
- Supermemory API + MCP: grade B, 63.8/100, rank #438 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/supermemory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/supermemory.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 188 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### claude-mem (C)

Good for: Session memory for one developer's coding agents, recalled by staged MCP search, with optional hosted sync across machines.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 85 against 65

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: Telemetry is on by default and secret redaction is off by default

### Supermemory API + MCP (B)

Good for: Apps that need user memory and document search over the same data, and for multi-tenant products that want a key per user.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 85 against 76
- Transparency & trust, 51 against 46

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- No incidents deducted, where claude-mem loses 6 points for them

Watch for: No legal entity named in the terms or privacy policy


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | claude-mem | Supermemory API + MCP | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 65 | claude-mem +20 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 85 | Supermemory API + MCP +1 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 73 | claude-mem +1 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 54 | Supermemory API + MCP +4 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Supermemory API + MCP +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 85 | Supermemory API + MCP +9 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 51 | Supermemory API + MCP +5 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **58.6 · C** | **63.8 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | claude-mem | Supermemory API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Alex Newman | Supermemory |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.supermemory.ai` |
| Transports | stdio, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 for the engine, CLI, worker, MCP tools, adapters and docs. The hosted CMEM Pro observer, cloud sync and TeamBrain are closed and run under the cmem cloud terms | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 19 | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-06-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-29 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 106k stars, 30k npm/wk | 31k stars, 121k npm/wk, 45k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**claude-mem.** Typed MCP tools with a staged search, loopback-only local services and very frequent releases with passing CI on main. Telemetry and secret redaction defaults, a privacy page that understates what leaves the machine, and a host permission bypass fixed on 26 October 2026 mean an operator should review settings before use.

**Supermemory API + MCP.** 8-tool hosted MCP with OAuth and per-space read or write permission. No legal entity named in the terms or privacy policy.

## Before you call either

### claude-mem

1. Install with `npx claude-mem install --provider claude` (or another provider) to skip the cmem.ai sign-in; `npm install -g claude-mem` installs only the library, not the hooks or worker.
2. Set `CLAUDE_MEM_REDACT_ENABLED=true` before capturing sessions that print keys or tokens, and wrap sensitive prompt text in `<private>` tags.
3. Run `npx claude-mem telemetry disable` or set `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` if analytics shouldn't leave the machine.
4. Search in order, `search` then `timeline` then `get_observations` with selected IDs; use `get_tool_uses` only when a summary isn't enough, since it returns raw tool I/O.
5. Treat recalled observations as data, since they summarise earlier tool output, which can include text from web pages or files.

### Supermemory API + MCP

1. Use one stable `containerTag` per user and a `customId` per session
2. Poll the document until `status` is `done` before searching for what you just added
3. Treat a 402 on search or profile as out of credit, not as a bug
4. Run the prompt-based mass forget with `dryRun` first
5. Call who_am_i on the MCP to see which spaces you can write to before adding

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, claude-mem or Supermemory API + MCP?

Supermemory API + MCP scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against claude-mem's 58.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. claude-mem leads on reliability.

### Do claude-mem and Supermemory API + MCP need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call claude-mem and Supermemory API + MCP without installing anything?

claude-mem runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Supermemory API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.supermemory.ai.

### Are claude-mem and Supermemory API + MCP open source?

Yes. claude-mem is open source (Apache-2.0 for the engine, CLI, worker, MCP tools, adapters and docs. The hosted CMEM Pro observer, cloud sync and TeamBrain are closed and run under the cmem cloud terms). Supermemory API + MCP is open source (MIT).


## For agents

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- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-mem.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/supermemory.json

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