# claude-mem vs Supermemory API + MCP (slim)

> 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: C 58.6, rank #677 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-mem.min.md
- Supermemory API + MCP: B 63.8, rank #438 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/supermemory.min.md
- claude-mem, 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 Runs on your own machine.
- Supermemory API + MCP, 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 A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where claude-mem loses 6 points for them.

| Category | claude-mem | Supermemory API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |