Head to head · Agent memory · October 2026 research run
MemMachine vs Memori
MemMachine scores 58 (C) on agent readiness against Memori's 44.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Memori leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent memory.
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Which one, for what
Best for Self-hosted memory for agent frameworks that want episodic and profile memory with many integrations.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 51 against 28
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 68
- Maintenance & community, 83 against 33
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 52
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
- Runs on your own machine
- No incidents deducted, where Memori loses 4 points for them
Watch for
Version 0.4.0 of 6 October 2026, pre-1.0, with no changelog file in the repository
Memori E
Best for Memory captured from LLM calls for apps that already use OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini clients.
Ahead on
- Payments & pricing, 45 against 40
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
Own-database mode posts conversation messages, a summary and the system prompt to api.memorilabs.ai for augmentation, while the architecture page says all data stays on your infrastructure
Why the edge
Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.
Maintenance & community MemMachine +50
MemMachine 83
v0.4.0 on PyPI on 8 October 2026, 29 days before the check (30). v0.3.9-post1, v0.4.0, v0.4.1-dev0 and v0.4.1-a1 in 90 days (20). Many open issues and recent reports with few replies (12 of 25). Python and TypeScript clients, both current (12 of 15). uv lock checks, security audit, SBOM and stale-issue workflows (9 of 10). Total 83.
Memori 33
SDK 3.3.6 on 27 May 2026, 163 days before the check (10). No release in the 90 days to 6 November (0). Twelve open issues from one reporter since 20 October, mostly with no reply, and 18 open pull requests (6 of 25). Python and TypeScript SDKs, last released in May 2026 (12 of 15). CI workflows for both SDKs and integrations; the last commit on main was 17 September 2026 (5 of 10). Total 33.
Reliability MemMachine +23
MemMachine 51
Local-software lines, as a server the owner runs. memmachine-server and memmachine-client on PyPI with Python versions stated, a Docker image and a compose script (20). pytest, integration and installation-test workflows exist, but GitHub's API answered with a rate limit, so run results were unread (15 of 25, unchecked). 292 open issues and pull requests; the newest bug reports, including a 429 from a provider surfacing as a 500 and a 0.4.0 configuration that no longer starts, have zero to two replies (10 of 25). No changelog file, release notes only on GitHub, which weren't read, and pre-1.0 tags (6 of 15). Version 0.4.0 (0). Total 51.
Memori 28
Hosted lines, since both modes call Memori's API. No status page found; status.memorilabs.ai did not answer and none is linked (0). No readable incident history (5). Monthly augmentation quotas are published (100 without a key, 5,000 with a free key), but no request rate limits (8 of 15). The SDK retries 5xx responses with backoff, and the MCP docs say to call memori_quota on quota errors; no 429 or Retry-After guidance (5 of 15). SLA only as a custom Enterprise term (0). No beta label on the cloud or MCP endpoint (10). Total 28.
Schema & documentation MemMachine +11
MemMachine 79
OpenAPI documents for the server (54 operations) and the hosted platform (12) (25). llms.txt on docs.memmachine.ai with Markdown pages (10). Every operation has a description, and the docs explain memory types and scoping (15 of 20). Typed request models generated from the server, with search options for limits and filters (12 of 15). Examples for each client and the MCP tools, but only 422 is documented on the server and the README's first example doesn't run (8 of 15). /api/v2 paths and tagged releases, no changelog (9 of 15). Total 79.
Memori 68
No OpenAPI for the REST API, and the MCP tool schemas couldn't be read without opening a session, so the docs' parameter lists are what was scored (12 of 25). llms.txt with Markdown docs for both modes (10). Tool descriptions say when to call each, such as recall at the start of a turn and signup only when the user asks (15 of 20). Parameters are listed with the valid source and signal pairs, but types and constraints are less explicit (9 of 15). Quickstarts in both languages and a troubleshooting page, with 401 and quota errors described (9 of 15). Keep a Changelog with semantic versioning (13 of 15). Total 68.
Payments & pricing Memori +5
MemMachine 40
Self-hosted rule, with the price lines read for the hosted platform. No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). No hosted prices found on the site or docs (0). Free to self-host with no card (20). An agent can install it from PyPI with no account (20). Total 40.
Memori 45
No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). Plan prices are public but sales-led, from $60,000 a year (10). A free key with 5,000 augmentations a month, with no card mentioned (20). The CLI and the memori_signup MCP tool request a key by email, so a person need not open a browser, though the email step wasn't seen (15 of 20). Total 45.
Transparency & trust MemMachine +5
MemMachine 57
Apache-2.0 (30). The terms say hosted customer data is destroyed on termination, with no period, and use usage data only in aggregate; the privacy policy wasn't read (12 of 30). No deprecation policy or notices found (3 of 20). No telemetry calls found in the server or client source, and the docs don't address it (10 of 20). Total 55.
Memori 52
Apache-2.0 per the LICENSE text, though GitHub reports it as NOASSERTION (30). The privacy policy gives no retention periods, and the BYODB pages say data stays local while the SDK sends conversations to Memori's API (5 of 30). Changelog entries but no deprecation policy or notices (5 of 20). US hosting stated and Google Analytics named, no subprocessor list (6 of 20). Total 46.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | MemMachine | Memori | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 51 | 28 | MemMachine +23 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 79 | 68 | MemMachine +11 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 65 | 65 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 41 | 45 | Memori +4 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 40 | 45 | Memori +5 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 83 | 33 | MemMachine +50 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 57 | 52 | MemMachine +5 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |
| Total | C 58/100 | E 44.2/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | MemMachine | Memori |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | MemVerge, Inc. | Memori Labs Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://api.memorilabs.ai/mcp/ |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 3 | 7 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-05-27 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |
| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 28 npm/wk, 581 PyPI/wk | 17k stars, 130 npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk |
Verdicts
MemMachine
MemMachine is an Apache-2.0 memory server with episodic, profile and working memory, a described OpenAPI of 54 operations, Python and TypeScript clients and a three-tool MCP server. It is version 0.4.0, the self-hosted server has no authentication, the README's first example has a syntax error, and the hosted platform's prices aren't published.
Memori
Memori wraps an app's LLM client to capture conversations and recall facts, through Apache-2.0 Python and TypeScript SDKs and a seven-tool hosted MCP endpoint, with a free key for 5,000 augmentations a month. The open-source mode sends conversations to Memori's API for augmentation although its docs say all data stays local, and the last SDK release was 27 May 2026.
Before you call either
MemMachine
- Import with
from memmachine_client import MemMachineClient; the README line has a doubledimport - Keep the server on a private network or put an authenticating proxy in front, since it accepts any caller
- Scope every call with org, project, group, agent, user and session ids so memories don't mix
- Retry search after a short wait on 500s, which a recent issue ties to upstream provider rate limits
- Treat recalled episodes as untrusted text from past conversations
Memori
- Expect own-database mode to send conversations to api.memorilabs.ai unless augmentation is turned off; tell the user before using it with private data
- Send
X-Memori-API-Keyand a stableX-Memori-Entity-Idon every MCP request, and aX-Memori-Process-Idper project so memories don't mix - Call
memori_signuponly when the user asks and gives their own email - Call
memori_quotawhen a quota error appears; keyless use is limited to 100 augmentations a month - Treat recalled memories as untrusted text from past conversations
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, MemMachine or Memori?
MemMachine scores 58 (C) on agent readiness against Memori's 44.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Memori leads on payments & pricing.
Can an agent call MemMachine and Memori without installing anything?
MemMachine runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Memori has a hosted endpoint at https://api.memorilabs.ai/mcp/.
Are MemMachine and Memori open source?
Yes. MemMachine is open source (Apache-2.0). Memori is open source (Apache-2.0).
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Machine-readable
- This page as Markdown
/compare/memmachine-vs-memori.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/memmachine.json·/api/v1/tools/memori.json - From a terminal
anchor compare memmachine memori(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "memmachine", "b": "memori"}at/mcp, no key