# Cognee vs Zep (slim)

> Zep has a score of 69.6 (B) against Cognee's 54.6 (C). Both do memory store. The largest gap is security & auth, 45 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Zep has a score of 69.6 (B) against Cognee's 54.6 (C). Both do memory store. The largest gap is security & auth, 45 points.

- Cognee: C 54.6, rank #320 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cognee.min.md
- Zep: B 69.6, rank #112 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.min.md
- Pick Cognee for payments & pricing (+5), transparency & trust (+6). Pick Zep for reliability (+15), agent ergonomics (+11), security & auth (+45).

| Category | Cognee | Zep |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 39 | 84 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 61 |