{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "honcho", "name": "Honcho", "vendor": "Plastic Labs", "vendorUrl": "https://honcho.dev", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-memory", "summary": "Memory API that models each participant (a peer) in a conversation.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json", "repo": "https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "honcho-ai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@honcho-ai/sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer API key (`hch-...`) on api.honcho.dev. The create-key endpoint mints further keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session, with an optional expiry, and they're revocable from the API Keys page. The hosted MCP at mcp.honcho.dev takes a key as a Bearer header or an OAuth token, plus an optional workspace header. The AgentCash endpoints take x402 or MPP payment instead of a key, with wallet sign-in for the free ones.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Ingestion (storage plus background reasoning) is $2.00 per million, and queries through `chat` cost $0.001 (minimal), $0.01 (low), $0.05 (medium), $0.10 (high) or $0.50 (max) each. Context retrieval is listed as unlimited. Startups that have raised under $5 million get $1,000 of credit and 12 months of subsidised pricing (https://honcho.dev/). New organisations get $100 of free credit (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho). Over x402 the ingestion price is $2 per million tokens of message content, with a $0.001 minimum and a $5.00 maximum per call (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json).", "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "An AgentCash storefront at agentcash.honcho.dev lists 16 POST endpoints under /api/honcho/. Storing messages and chat are paid over x402 or Tempo MPP on Base, Solana or Tempo. Messages cost $2 per million tokens (minimum $0.001, maximum $5.00), chat $0.001 to $0.50 by reasoning level, and the other endpoints are free (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json, checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages", "priceUsd": 0.001, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/chat", "priceUsd": 0.001, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 7400, "npmWeekly": 17913, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://honcho.dev/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://honcho.dev/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://honcho.dev/docs/v3/openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho", "capabilities": [ "memory.store", "memory.search", "memory.user", "memory.delete" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "x402", "stablecoin", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "open-source", "self-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 188, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 80, "reliability": 50, "schema": 79, "security": 48, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA.", "strengths": [ "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints", "Keys can be minted per workspace, peer or session, with an expiry, through the API", "Context retrieval listed as unlimited, with reasoning billed only when you call chat", "Hosted MCP in the official registry, plus OpenAPI specs for v1 to v3", "AGPL-3.0 server, the same code that runs the hosted service" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA", "Changelog entries carry no dates and the repo has no GitHub releases", "The MCP tool list is sent on connect, not documented", "No security.txt, audit log or prompt-injection guidance found", "AGPL-3.0 server licence" ], "agentNotes": [ "Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages", "Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters", "Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal", "Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace", "Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 80, "reliability": 50, "schema": 79, "security": 48, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install honcho-ai # or: npm install @honcho-ai/sdk", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces -H \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"id\":\"workspace-123\",\"metadata\":{}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add honcho --transport http \"https://mcp.honcho.dev\" --header \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "honcho": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${HONCHO_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.honcho.dev" } } }, "x402": "curl -s -i -X POST https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages -H 'content-type: application/json'\n# 402 -\u003e pay over x402 (USDC on eip155:8453, or Solana) or Tempo MPP -\u003e retry. Request schemas at https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/honcho" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Ingestion", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 2, "note": "Storage plus background reasoning. $0.001 minimum per call over x402" }, { "item": "chat, minimal reasoning", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.001 }, { "item": "chat, low reasoning", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01 }, { "item": "chat, medium reasoning", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.05 }, { "item": "chat, high reasoning", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "chat, max reasoning", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.5 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Plastic Labs, Inc.", "domain": "honcho.dev", "domainRegistered": "2022-01-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://app.honcho.dev/tos", "privacy": "https://app.honcho.dev/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.honcho.dev", "changelog": "https://honcho.dev/docs/changelog/introduction", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms name Plastic Labs, Inc., 169 Madison Avenue, New York, with arbitration in New York. They carry no last-updated date.", "honcho.dev/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The x402 storefront runs on the AgentCash platform at agentcash.honcho.dev, a subdomain of honcho.dev." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.json", "live": { "slug": "honcho", "probe": { "target": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:48.427902163Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 355, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 145, "p95ms24h": 408, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 895, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.honcho.dev", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:07.625291507Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "plastic-labs/honcho", "version": "v3.2.2", "released": "2026-10-01", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:43.003735943Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho", "version": "3.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@honcho-ai/sdk", "version": "2.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:42.159609996Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "honcho-ai", "version": "2.5.1", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:29:41.976308274Z" } ], "githubStars": 7458, "npmWeekly": 25534, "pypiWeekly": 131942, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://honcho.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.261197499Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://honcho.dev/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:52.175463718Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "honcho.dev", "registered": "2022-01-26", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/honcho.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:16.292768042Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://honcho.dev/docs/changelog/introduction", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:02.026293636Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "602071e4bfee" }, { "url": "https://app.honcho.dev/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:15.347297508Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9da63f6bcbbd" }, { "url": "https://app.honcho.dev/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:17.505463097Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f178ff16d893" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:48.427902163Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "zep", "name": "Zep", "vendor": "Zep", "vendorUrl": "https://www.getzep.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-memory", "summary": "Hosted context and memory service built on a temporal graph of facts, relationships and source episodes.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zep.json", "repo": "https://github.com/getzep/zep", "license": "Apache-2.0 (examples repo). The service is closed-source", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.getzep.com/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zep-cloud" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@getzep/zep-cloud" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Project API key in the `Authorization: Api-Key \u003ckey\u003e` header. Keys can carry ABAC policies that limit what each agent reaches. The Memory MCP server at api.getzep.com/mcp uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and signs users in through their organisation's identity provider, so it suits people on a team more than headless agents.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free has 10,000 credits a month with no rollover, 2 projects, 1 MCP seat, and variable rate limits. The pricing page doesn't say whether a card is needed. Flex is $125 a month for 50,000 credits, then $25 per 10,000, at 600 requests a minute, with 30-day rollover and auto top-up. Flex Plus is $375 a month for 200,000 credits, then $75 per 40,000, at 1,000 requests a minute, with 60-day rollover. Enterprise is negotiated and adds guaranteed rate limits with an SLA, a HIPAA BAA, BYOK and BYOC. An episode (a chat message, JSON payload or block of text) costs 1 credit for up to 350 bytes and 1 more for each further 350 bytes or part. Storage, retrieval and users aren't metered, and each webhook call costs an eighth of a credit (https://www.getzep.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$125 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 4900, "npmWeekly": 129945, "pypiWeekly": 86681, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://help.getzep.com", "llmsTxt": "https://help.getzep.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://help.getzep.com/v3/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "memory.store", "memory.search", "memory.graph", "memory.user", "memory.delete" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "closed-source", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 112, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 89, "security": 84, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true. The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data.", "strengths": [ "Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true", "API keys can carry ABAC policies, and audit and API logs record what each key did", "Published rate limits (600 a minute on Flex, 1,000 on Flex Plus) with 429, Retry-After and X-RateLimit headers", "A memory-security guide that treats every context block as untrusted data", "SDKs for Python, TypeScript and Go, OpenAPI for v3 and llms.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data", "First paid plan is $125 a month, and credits grow with episode size", "The MCP server needs OAuth through a company identity provider, so a headless agent can't use it", "Four status incidents between 27 August and 15 September 2026", "No security.txt, no subprocessor list and no entry in the MCP registry" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create the user and a thread before adding messages, as the quickstart does", "Set `return_context` when adding messages to skip a second round trip", "Keep episodes short. Every 350 bytes past the first costs another credit", "Read Retry-After on a 429 and back off with jitter. Free accounts over quota drop to 5 requests a minute", "Expect a delay after a graph add (202 Accepted) before new facts show up in search" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 89, "security": 84, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install zep-cloud # or: npm install @getzep/zep-cloud", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.getzep.com/api/v2/graph -H \"Authorization: Api-Key $ZEP_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"user_id\":\"user-123\",\"type\":\"text\",\"data\":\"Alex moved to Leeds in March and prefers aisle seats.\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zep https://api.getzep.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "zep": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.getzep.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zep" }, "sameCompany": [ "graphiti" ], "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Flex plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 125, "note": "50,000 credits, 600 requests a minute" }, { "item": "Flex Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 375, "note": "200,000 credits, 1,000 requests a minute" }, { "item": "Overage on Flex", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0025, "note": "$25 per 10,000 credits" }, { "item": "Overage on Flex Plus", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.001875, "note": "$75 per 40,000 credits" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zep Software, Inc.", "domain": "getzep.com", "domainRegistered": "2023-05-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.getzep.com", "changelog": "https://help.getzep.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms, updated 17 August 2026, name Zep Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and are governed by California law.", "www.getzep.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.json", "live": { "slug": "zep", "probe": { "target": "https://api.getzep.com/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:57.030125407Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 187, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 193, "p95ms24h": 514, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 895, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.getzep.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:06.068257574Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "getzep/zep", "version": "zep-ingest-v0.3.0", "released": "2026-08-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:47.058446278Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@getzep/zep-cloud", "version": "3.30.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:46.187964355Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zep-cloud", "version": "3.30.0", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:44.180190065Z" } ], "githubStars": 4948, "npmWeekly": 144572, "pypiWeekly": 84209, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://getzep.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:52.364915515Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://help.getzep.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:23.198921048Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "getzep.com", "registered": "2023-05-08", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/getzep.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:48.930668589Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://help.getzep.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:01.696303768Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:33:06.787642615Z", "fingerprint": "4bb785bf262b" }, { "url": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:29.454925317Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:21.106411993Z", "fingerprint": "b49841156a51" }, { "url": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:31.622183726Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:23.230842634Z", "fingerprint": "955360e78c6a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:57.030125407Z" } }, "summary": "Zep has a score of 69.6 (B) against Honcho's 64.2 (B). Both do memory store. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 50 points. Honcho accepts x402. Zep doesn't." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep.min.md" }, "markdown": "Zep has a score of 69.6 (B) against Honcho's 64.2 (B). Both do memory store. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 50 points. Honcho accepts x402. Zep doesn't.\n\n- Honcho: grade B, 64.2/100, rank #188 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json\n- Zep: grade B, 69.6/100, rank #112 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zep.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Honcho for payments \u0026 pricing (+50), transparency \u0026 trust (+8).\n\nPick Zep for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+10), agent ergonomics (+5), security \u0026 auth (+36), maintenance \u0026 community (+7).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Honcho | Zep | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 65 | Zep +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 89 | Zep +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 70 | Zep +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 84 | Zep +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 80 | 30 | Honcho +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 80 | Zep +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 61 | Honcho +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.2 · B** | **69.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Honcho | Zep |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Plastic Labs | Zep |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` | `https://api.getzep.com/api/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | yes, from $0.001/call | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 (examples repo). The service is closed-source |\n| Tools exposed | none | 12 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk | 4.9k stars, 130k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Honcho.** Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA.\n\n**Zep.** Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true. The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Honcho\n\n1. Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages\n2. Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters\n3. Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal\n4. Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace\n5. Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor\n\n### Zep\n\n1. Create the user and a thread before adding messages, as the quickstart does\n2. Set `return_context` when adding messages to skip a second round trip\n3. Keep episodes short. Every 350 bytes past the first costs another credit\n4. Read Retry-After on a 429 and back off with jitter. Free accounts over quota drop to 5 requests a minute\n5. Expect a delay after a graph add (202 Accepted) before new facts show up in search\n\n## Other comparisons with Honcho or Zep\n\n- [Cognee vs Honcho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-honcho.md)\n- [Cognee vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-zep.md)\n- [Graphiti vs Honcho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-honcho.md)\n- [Graphiti vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-zep.md)\n- [Hindsight vs Honcho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-honcho.md)\n- [Hindsight vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-zep.md)\n- [Honcho vs LocalGhost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-localghost.md)\n- [Honcho vs Mem0 Platform + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-mem0.md)\n- [Honcho vs Supermemory API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-supermemory.md)\n- [LocalGhost vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/localghost-vs-zep.md)\n- [Mem0 Platform + MCP vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mem0-vs-zep.md)\n- [Supermemory API + MCP vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/supermemory-vs-zep.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Honcho vs Zep", "url": "" } ], "description": "Zep has a score of 69.6 (B) against Honcho's 64.2 (B). 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