Clarify Cognee Open Source and Cloud descriptions

Updated the README to clarify the differences between Cognee Open Source and Cognee Cloud offerings.
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Cognee is an open-source tool and platform that transforms your raw data into persistent and dynamic AI memory for Agents. It combines vector search with graph databases to make your documents both searchable by meaning and connected by relationships. Cognee is an open-source tool and platform that transforms your raw data into persistent and dynamic AI memory for Agents. It combines vector search with graph databases to make your documents both searchable by meaning and connected by relationships.
You can use Cognee in two ways:
1. [Self-host Cognee Open Source](https://docs.cognee.ai/getting-started/installation), which stores all data locally by default. ### Cognee Open Source:
2. [Connect to Cognee Cloud](https://platform.cognee.ai/), and get the same OSS stack on managed infrastructure for easier development and productionization.
### Cognee Open Source (self-hosted):
- Interconnects any type of data — including past conversations, files, images, and audio transcriptions - Interconnects any type of data — including past conversations, files, images, and audio transcriptions
- Replaces traditional RAG systems with a unified memory layer built on graphs and vectors - Replaces traditional RAG systems with a unified memory layer built on graphs and vectors
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- Provides Pythonic data pipelines for ingestion from 30+ data sources - Provides Pythonic data pipelines for ingestion from 30+ data sources
- Offers high customizability through user-defined tasks, modular pipelines, and built-in search endpoints - Offers high customizability through user-defined tasks, modular pipelines, and built-in search endpoints
### Cognee Cloud (managed):
- Hosted web UI dashboard
- Automatic version updates
- Resource usage analytics
- GDPR compliant, enterprise-grade security
## Basic Usage & Feature Guide ## Basic Usage & Feature Guide