Zep — governance posture alternatives

Bi-temporal knowledge graph preserves full lineage of every stored fact — every memory write traceable and auditable by graph schema, not bolted-on logging. SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA BAA available; BYOK + VPC-isolated deployment for data residency. Full Zep — governance posture record →

  1. 1 Mem0 Security / OpenMemory Memory governance, privacy & safety

    also in Memory governance, privacy & safety · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 67k released 2026-09-25 Apache-2.0 Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  2. 2 CORE (RedPlanet) Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (bi-temporal) · same memory unit (fact, episode) · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 2.0k released 2026-09-07 AGPL-3.0 Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  3. 3 Mem0 Dedicated memory layers

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact, episode) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 67k released 2026-09-25 Apache-2.0 Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  4. 4 Omi Voice-first / wearable AI memory

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact, episode) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 13k released 2026-10-22 MIT Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  5. 5 Official MCP Memory server Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed — MCP ✓ ★ 90k released 2026-08-31 Apache-2.0 AND MIT (new contributions… Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  6. 6 Hindsight MCP Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact, episode) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 45k released 2026-10-21 MIT Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  7. 7 Cognee MCP Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 31k released 2026-10-16 Apache-2.0 Compare with Zep — governance posture →

  8. 8 Strands Agents Memory (AWS) Framework-embedded memory

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact, episode) · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 8.9k Apache-2.0 Compare with Zep — governance posture →

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.