# claude-mem vs TencentDB Agent Memory

> claude-mem scores 58.6 (C) to TencentDB Agent Memory's 56 (C) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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claude-mem scores 58.6 (C) on agent readiness against TencentDB Agent Memory's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TencentDB Agent Memory leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. 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
- TencentDB Agent Memory: grade C, 56/100, rank #767 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tencentdb-agent-memory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tencentdb-agent-memory.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 51
- Schema & documentation, 84 against 61
- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 68
- Security & auth, 50 against 30
- Maintenance & community, 76 against 70

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

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

### TencentDB Agent Memory (C)

Good 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:
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 20
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 46

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card
- No incidents deducted, where claude-mem loses 6 points for them

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 | claude-mem | TencentDB Agent Memory | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 51 | claude-mem +34 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 61 | claude-mem +23 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 68 | claude-mem +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 30 | claude-mem +20 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | TencentDB Agent Memory +40 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 70 | claude-mem +6 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 68 | TencentDB Agent Memory +22 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **58.6 · C** | **56 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | claude-mem | TencentDB Agent Memory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Alex Newman | Tencent Cloud |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio, HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| 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 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-10-26 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 106k stars, 30k npm/wk | 2.2k npm/wk |

## 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.

**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

### 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.

### TencentDB Agent Memory

1. Set `MEMORY_CORE_GATEWAY_API_KEY`, `KNOWLEDGE_SERVICE_KEY` and a non-default admin key before exposing ports 8420, 8424, 8096 or 8125 beyond the host
2. In headless runs send `x-team-id`, `x-agent-id` and `x-task-id` headers to the proxy. Without all three it falls back to an interactive picker and skips memory
3. 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
4. Check `data.valid` on `/v3/meta/auth/verify` and `data.isError` on `/v3/tools/call`. Both can fail inside a success envelope
5. Retry `/v3/session/add` only 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, claude-mem or TencentDB Agent Memory?

claude-mem scores 58.6 (C) on agent readiness against TencentDB Agent Memory's 56 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TencentDB Agent Memory leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust.

### Do claude-mem and TencentDB Agent Memory need an API key?

claude-mem takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TencentDB Agent Memory needs an API key.

### Can an agent call claude-mem and TencentDB Agent Memory without installing anything?

claude-mem runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for TencentDB Agent Memory.

### Are claude-mem and TencentDB Agent Memory 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). TencentDB Agent Memory is open source (MIT).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-mem-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-mem-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "claude-mem", "b": "tencentdb-agent-memory"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare claude-mem tencentdb-agent-memory`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-mem.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tencentdb-agent-memory.json

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