Cognee
OSS graph-based memory layer for AI agents
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About
OSS knowledge-graph-first memory engine for AI agents. Builds a typed graph from unstructured data and exposes graph-traversal retrieval to agents. Rising fast in 2026 alongside Mem0 and Zep.
Choose Cognee when…
- •You want graph-shaped agent memory over flat key-value stores
- •You ingest unstructured corpora and need typed entity extraction
- •You want OSS with a managed cloud option
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How does your AI remember?Optional for most stacks
Persistent memory layers that give AI agents long-term recall of users, sessions, and context across conversations
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✦ Free tier available
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CloudFrom $20/mo
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