Reflect alternatives

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  1. 1 Scrintal Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Reflect →

  2. 2 Obsidian Smart Connections Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 5.5k released 2026-08-06 proprietary (Smart Plugins License… Compare with Reflect →

  3. 3 Amplenote Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Reflect →

  4. 4 Capacities Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Reflect →

  5. 5 Heptabase Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Reflect →

  6. 6 Supernotes AI Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP — Compare with Reflect →

  7. 7 Tana (now Tana Outliner) Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory ⚠ renamed — now Tana Outliner

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Reflect →

  8. 8 Logseq Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 45k released 2026-10-07 AGPL-3.0 Compare with Reflect →

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.