nowfound

AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Cortexa – Bloomberg terminal for agentic memory

Hi HN — I’m Prateek Rao. My cofounders and I built Cortexa, which we describe as a Bloomberg terminal for agentic memory. A pattern I keep seeing: when agents misbehave, most teams iterate on prompts and then “fix” it by plugging in a memory layer (vector DB + RAG). That helps sometimes — but it doesn’t guarantee correctness. In practice it often introduces a new failure mode: the agent retrieves something dubious, writes it back to memory as if it’s truth, and that mistake becomes sticky. Over time you get memory pollution, circular hallucination loops, and debugging turns into log…

Cortexa is a debugging and governance platform for AI agents that addresses memory corruption issues in systems using vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation. It provides end-to-end tracing to identify why… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

  1. 1
    Memori▲168

    Persistent memory from agent trace, not just conversation

    May 2026 · memorilabs.ai · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Persistent memory for Claude Code, Codex & coding agents

    May 2026 · agent-memory.dev · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Let every AI remember the same you.

    Jul 2026 · memmy.bot · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    cognee▲382

    Memory for AI Agents in 5 lines of code

    2025 · cognee.ai · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Persistent memory for Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor. Free.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6
    Cortex▲70

    Run multiple claude-code agents from YAML config

    Jan 2026 · cortex-cli.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    The memory layer that decides what's worth remembering

    Aug 2026 · skynetlab-cortex.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Repo-native memory for coding agents

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Most AI agents forget everything between sessions. We built DeltaMemory to fix that. It's a cognitive memory layer that gives agents persistent recall, automatic fact extraction, and temporal reasoning — via a single SDK call. Key numbers: - 89% accuracy on LoCoMo long-term conversation benchmark - 50ms p50 retrieval latency - 97% cost reduction vs raw token re-processing Open source SDKs, works with any LLM stack. Currently in early access. Happy to answer questions about the architecture, benchmark methodology, or how we handle knowledge graphs.

    Feb 2026 · deltamemory.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    This is a project that I have been building for a while now, YourMemory is a solution to agentic memory which focuses on pruning of noise rather than hoarding of data. In the current state of agentic memory most of the context is stored in the form of a MD file or is derived through a RAG model where you store each and everything. Both of the solution leads to bloated context which does not optimize the usage of any tokens. In this system we only keep relevant data in our memory and prune all the unnecessary data. The relevance of a data is derived through multiple factors such as recall…

    Apr 2026 · yourmemoryai.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  11. 11
    Actx0▲100

    Memory infrastructure for AI agents.

    Aug 2026 · actx0.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12AP

    One memory, not one per tool. Cog gives AI agents a shared, structured memory layer using plain-text files — portable across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Copilot, and more.

    Mar 2026 · lab.puga.com.br · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    AI agent memory, everywhere. claude-mem is open-source memory for Claude Code; cmem links it to any MCP client — Cursor, Codex, more — via one private link.

    Dec 2025 · cmem.ai · its alternatives →

  14. 14
    Cognitorafree▲86

    Built a multi-agent research system with OpenAI Agents SDK where specialized AI agents collaborate autonomously: Master Orchestrator → Data Analyst → Statistician → Report Writer Each agent has specific expertise. The orchestrator delegates tasks. All agents can execute code securely to solve problems. Example workflow: "Analyze e-commerce data" - Data Analyst: writes Python to load/clean data, spots trends - Statistician: performs significance tests, calculates growth rates - Report Writer: synthesizes findings into executive summary This demonstrates OpenAI Agents SDK's handoff system…

    2025 · cognitora.dev · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Memory infrastructure for AI coding agents

    Feb 2026 · askaibase.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    AI Memory Context Solved

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    I've been working on Polign and built a small prototype around something I've been thinking about with agent memory. I have built a lightweight/stateless vector db + BM25 search which works really well with typed facts and structured queries. It uses your own S3, or GCS bucket as primary storage, and restarting a node is fairly quick. Demo + writeup: https://polign.com/blog-edge-agent-memory Live search demo: https://demo.polign.com Docs: https://polign.com

    Aug 2026 · polign.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18CO

    Hey HN! I’m Andrew, and I’ve been building Cortex (https://cortexdesktop.com/) for the last few weeks. Cortex is my attempt to reimagine how we interact with computers - starting with a simple interface, but aiming for something deeper: an AI layer over your OS that understands what you’re doing, remembers it, and helps you dynamically. Right now, Cortex is just a floating overlay you can summon anywhere on your Mac. It works like an inline ChatGPT, but it lets you instantly send that context into the chat by highlighting text - so you don’t have to explain what you’re doing.…

    2025 · cortexdesktop.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19
    Dcyde▲22

    Decision memory for you and your team

    Jul 2026 · dcyde.app · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Single-file AI memory and knowledge graph for agents

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21MC

    Hi HN, I’ve been building AI agents and copilots, and kept running into a frustrating problem: they don’t fail loudly, they forget things quietly. Users re-explain preferences, agents contradict earlier responses, and context resets without any clear visibility into why. I built Memograph CLI as a debugging tool to analyze conversation transcripts and show: - what the agent forgot - where continuity broke - contradictions and repeated context - estimated token waste due to re-prompting It works locally and supports plain text or JSON transcripts. Example: $ memograph Output: Cognitive Drift…

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

  22. 22
    Cortex▲2

    Persistent memory layer for AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor)

    Jun 2026 · cortex-vercel-omega.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Hey HN! I'm Arindam, part of the team behind Memori (https://memori.gibsonai.com/). Memori adds a stateful memory engine to AI agents, enabling them to stay consistent, recall past work, and improve over time. With Memori, agents don’t lose track of multi-step workflows, repeat tool calls, or forget user preferences. Instead, they build up human-like memory that makes them more reliable and efficient across sessions. We’ve also put together demo apps (a personal diary assistant, a research agent, and a travel planner) so you can see memory in action. Current LLMs are stateless…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Tired of AI coding tools that forget everything between sessions? Every time I open a new chat with Claude or fire up Copilot, I'm back to square one explaining my codebase structure. So I built something to fix this. It's called In Memoria. Its an MCP server that gives AI tools persistent memory. Instead of starting fresh every conversation, the AI remembers your coding patterns, architectural decisions, and all the context you've built up. The setup is dead simple: `npx in-memoria server` then connect your AI tool. No accounts, no data leaves your machine. Under the hood it's TypeScript +…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

Also compare

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →