Graphiti vs Zep

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	Graphiti Open-source temporal knowledge-graph framework from Zep for building agent memory.	Zep Temporal knowledge graph memory for agents (Graphiti under the hood).
Category	memory	memory
Vendor type	hybrid	hybrid
Pricing	freemium	freemium
Strengths	+ Bi-temporal model tracks when facts became true and when they changed + Hybrid retrieval across semantic, keyword, and graph traversal + Incremental episodic updates without full graph recomputation + Open source with a managed Zep platform for enterprise scale	+ Temporal knowledge-graph model + Strong for time-sensitive domains + Managed and self-hostable
Tradeoffs	− Requires running a supported graph database backend − Graph-based memory adds modeling complexity over simple vector stores − LLM calls for entity extraction add ingestion cost and latency	− Graph model is more complex to reason about
Used in stacks	0	6