Head to head · Agent memory · October 2026 research run
TencentDB Agent Memory vs Tokenrip
Tokenrip scores 59.7 (C) on agent readiness against TencentDB Agent Memory's 56 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. TencentDB Agent Memory leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do agent memory.
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Which one, for what
Best 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
- Reliability, 51 against 27
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 57
Also in its favour
- Open source
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
Tokenrip C
Best for Small teams, or one person with several agents in different tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok), who want one place for shared files, tasks, decisions and handoffs with a person approving outside actions.
Ahead on
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 61
- Security & auth, 69 against 30
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
Large base catalogue of 93 tools; smaller toolsets were not established in the 21 October review
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | TencentDB Agent Memory | Tokenrip | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 51 | 27 | TencentDB Agent Memory +24 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 61 | 83 | Tokenrip +22 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 68 | 70 | Tokenrip +2 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 30 | 69 | Tokenrip +39 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 50 | TencentDB Agent Memory +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 70 | 70 | even |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 68 | 57 | TencentDB Agent Memory +11 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | C 56/100 | C 59.7/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | TencentDB Agent Memory | Tokenrip |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Tencent Cloud | Quintel, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp |
| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Tokenrip's terms of service (Quintel, LLC, Texas law). The rip CLI and library @tokenrip/cli is MIT-licensed on GitHub |
| Tools exposed | none | 93 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | io.github.silostack/tokenrip |
| Last release | 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-16 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |
| Popularity | 2.2k npm/wk | 5 stars, 401 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (4) |
Verdicts
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.
Tokenrip
A shared workspace reached over MCP, REST or a CLI, with scoped OAuth, annotated tools, a public OpenAPI file and approval for outside actions. Current documentation lists 93 base tools, plus permitted connection-operation tools. The 21 October assessment found full-access API keys and no status page, changelog or SLA.
Before you call either
TencentDB Agent Memory
- Set
MEMORY_CORE_GATEWAY_API_KEY,KNOWLEDGE_SERVICE_KEYand a non-default admin key before exposing ports 8420, 8424, 8096 or 8125 beyond the host - In headless runs send
x-team-id,x-agent-idandx-task-idheaders to the proxy. Without all three it falls back to an interactive picker and skips memory - 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
- Check
data.validon/v3/meta/auth/verifyanddata.isErroron/v3/tools/call. Both can fail inside a success envelope - Retry
/v3/session/addonly on 500, 503 or a network error. The API reference says it isn't idempotent and writes a new object each call
Tokenrip
- Call
workspace_list, thenworkspace_loadwith the full workspace id at the start of every run. - Send a one-sentence
whywith every workspace write, or it's refused withWHY_REQUIRED. - Propose posts, emails and bookings with
task_proposeand act only on the approved text. - Ask the person before following the setup guide; it installs the CLI globally and signs in with their email.
- Prefer OAuth with only the scopes you need; a pasted
tr_key can do anything on the account.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, TencentDB Agent Memory or Tokenrip?
Tokenrip scores 59.7 (C) on agent readiness against TencentDB Agent Memory's 56 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. TencentDB Agent Memory leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust.
Do TencentDB Agent Memory and Tokenrip need an API key?
TencentDB Agent Memory needs an API key. Tokenrip takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call TencentDB Agent Memory and Tokenrip without installing anything?
No hosted endpoint is listed for TencentDB Agent Memory. Tokenrip has a hosted endpoint at https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp.
Are TencentDB Agent Memory and Tokenrip open source?
TencentDB Agent Memory is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tokenrip.
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/api/v1/tools/tencentdb-agent-memory.json·/api/v1/tools/tokenrip.json - From a terminal
anchor compare tencentdb-agent-memory tokenrip(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "tencentdb-agent-memory", "b": "tokenrip"}at/mcp, no key