Cognee vs Supermemory
A side-by-side comparison of Cognee and Supermemory, two Memory tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
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At a glance
The honest brief
Cognee
Builds an LLM-derived knowledge graph alongside embeddings, so recall follows relationships, not just vector similarity.
- Self-hostable Python SDK
- Recall follows concept relationships
- Bring your own LLM/embedding provider
- Newer, smaller ecosystem
- Cognify pipeline adds LLM cost
- Self-host setup overhead
Supermemory
MIT-licensed memory engine you self-host or call as a managed API — one recall endpoint across any model.
- MIT-licensed, self-host or managed
- Single recall API across any model
- Connectors: Drive, Gmail, Notion
- Ships MCP server and SDKs
- Younger project, evolving API
- Smaller track record than peers
- Self-hosting needs infra work