# Honcho vs LangMem (slim)

> Honcho scores 64.1 (B) on agent readiness against LangMem's 47.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do memory store. Honcho accepts x402. LangMem doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Honcho scores 64.1 (B) on agent readiness against LangMem's 47.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do memory store. Honcho accepts x402. LangMem doesn't.

- Honcho: B 64.1, rank #328 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.min.md
- LangMem: D 47.9, rank #734 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langmem.min.md
- Honcho, good for Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 32; Schema & documentation, 79 against 55; Payments & pricing, 80 against 60; Maintenance & community, 73 against 15; Transparency & trust, 67 against 59. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- LangMem, good for Teams already on LangGraph that want memory tools and background extraction over a store they run. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Honcho | LangMem |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 32 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 55 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 80 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 15 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Honcho | LangMem |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Plastic Labs | LangChain |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| x402 | yes, from $0.001/call | no |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2025-10-27 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-04-24 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk | 1.7k stars, 214k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |