Both give an AI agent long-term memory — but for different jobs. Zep is enterprise infrastructure you build into your own product so your users get a temporal knowledge graph. Supabrain is memory for the agent you personally code with — installed and connected over MCP in minutes.
This isn't apples to apples, and that's the point. Zep is a graph-memory platform you build into a product, tracking your users' sessions, business data, and access controls. Supabrain is the appliance you plug into your own coding agent — installed, connected, central across your tools, in minutes.
Enterprise agent-memory infrastructure that stores and retrieves context as a temporal knowledge graph — facts carry validity windows, and outdated facts are invalidated, not deleted. Delivered as an SDK/API ("integrates in three lines"), on the widely-adopted Graphiti open-source engine.
Cloud-first. Easy to start in the cloud; fully self-hosting now means standing up raw Graphiti + a graph DB + your own LLM pipeline — at least three systems to provision, monitor, and maintain.
Install the app, connect it to Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client, and your AI work memory is live in minutes — no databases to run, no graph-DB expertise, no keys to juggle.
One central memory for all your AI work, local and private by default. Your decisions, fixes, and ruled-out dead ends — recalled in every tool you use.
Compared on what it actually takes to give your own coding agent a memory.
| Capability | Supabrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Setup for your agent | Minutesdownload app, connect MCP, done | Cloud: API key + SDKeasy in cloud; full self-host is heavy |
| Infra you operate | None | A graph-DB stack (self-host)raw Graphiti + Neo4j/FalkorDB + your own embedding/LLM pipeline |
| Local & private | By defaultstorage, embeddings & search on your machine | Cloud-firstmanaged; BYOK / BYOC self-host-in-VPC |
| Who it's for | Your own agentmemory for the dev's coding agent | Your end-usersinfra you embed in a product you ship |
| Pricing | Flatsolo free · team ~$25 pp/mo · no meter | Usage / credit-basedfree tier · ~$149 → $1,499/mo (third-party-reported) |
| Memory model | Validated conclusionschecked on the way in, incl. dead ends | Temporal knowledge graphbitemporal facts, invalidated not deleted |
| MCP | Drop-in memoryany MCP client; switch tools, memory follows | Account-ops serverexists for Claude/Cursor, but drives the Zep service |
| Retrieval | Hybridkeyword (FTS) + semantic | Graph + semantic |
| Agent ledger | Built inun-skippable, tamper-evident action record | Audit / provenanceenterprise, around the graph |
| Best fit | Your own AI work memory | Evolving-fact memory for your users |
No Graphiti, no Neo4j or FalkorDB, no embedding/LLM pipeline to provision and monitor. The whole setup is a download and one MCP connection — then your agent remembers.
Every MCP tool shares the same memory. Move from Cursor to Claude Code, swap models, change machines — it follows you. (Cursor pulled its own Memories feature in late 2025; portable beats per-vendor.)
Storage, embeddings, and search are local by default — not cloud-first. No cloud round-trip, no managed store; your codebase decisions stay yours.
Credit- and usage-based pricing taxes the one thing you most want to do — remember everything. Local cost is ~zero, so Supabrain is flat and unlimited. No usage anxiety.
Supabrain stores validated work findings — what was true, what was a dead end — tuned for your coding agent, not a bitemporal graph of your users' business facts.
Supabrain’s MCP is a drop-in memory for your agent. Zep’s MCP server exists, but it’s oriented around driving the Zep service and managing your account — not being your agent’s memory.
Counter-positioning cuts both ways. Zep is excellent — best-in-class, even — at a job Supabrain doesn’t do:
Those are builder and platform problems, and Zep is built for them. Supabrain is for the developer who just wants their own work memory — plugged in and central, not a system to operate.
Zep pricing and features as publicly listed, June 2026 (third-party-reported) — approximate; verify current terms on the vendor’s site. Supabrain team figures are launch pricing for early access.
It depends on the job. Zep is memory infrastructure you build into your own product so your end-users get a temporal knowledge graph of their facts. If instead you just want your own coding agent to remember your work, Supabrain is the far simpler fit — install, connect over MCP in minutes, local and private. Zep is still the better pick when you’re shipping evolving-fact memory to your users with enterprise compliance.
Supabrain is local-first — storage, embeddings, and search run on your machine, and nothing leaves unless you turn on sync. Zep is cloud-first: managed Zep Cloud, with BYOK and a BYOC self-host-in-your-VPC option. Fully self-hosting it now means running raw Graphiti plus a graph DB (Neo4j or FalkorDB) plus your own embedding and LLM pipeline.
No, and on purpose. Zep models facts as a bitemporal knowledge graph — excellent for tracking what was true and when it changed. Supabrain stores validated work conclusions for your coding agent — structured findings checked on the way in, including ruled-out dead ends — so your agent recalls what worked and what was a trap.
Yes. Supabrain is MCP-native, so it works in any MCP client — Claude Code, Cursor, and others — on any machine. Zep also has an MCP server, but it exposes account operations to drive the Zep service rather than acting as a drop-in memory for your agent.
Install it, connect MCP, and your AI work memory is live in minutes — local, private, and central across every tool you use. Join the beta for an invite.
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