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1 Scite.ai Vertical / domain-specific AI memory ⚠ acquired — acquired by Research Solutions

also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match, similarity) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

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2 engram Claude Code memory mechanisms

same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact)

OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed — MCP ✓ ★ 6.7k released 2026-10-21 MIT Compare with Elicit →
3 local-memory-mcp Claude Code memory mechanisms

same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match, similarity) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 13 released 2026-08-19 MIT Compare with Elicit →
4 Iris.ai Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

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5 Filevine LOIS Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

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6 Luminance Institutional Memory Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

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7 Clio Duo / Manage AI Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

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8 Memori Dedicated memory layers

same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (fact) · also offered managed

OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 17k released 2026-05-28 Apache-2.0 Compare with Elicit →

Ranked by shared memory design (storage, retrieval, conflict handling, memory unit), same section and shared must-haves (open source, self-hosting, MCP), with adoption as a tie-breaker. ✓ confirmed · — no · ? not in the catalog yet. Want picks for your own requirements? Use the chooser. Checking a whole project? Check your stack.