From beae5a94c4cc830d454b9d8b914e01833700b7df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Ryan <61809814+jackaldenryan@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:49:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Zep vs Graphiti comparison table to README (#1014) Changes auto-committed by Conductor --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5dfe57fe..f21f468a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,6 +77,23 @@ We're excited to open-source Graphiti, believing its potential reaches far beyon Zep: A Temporal Knowledge Graph Architecture for Agent Memory

+## Zep vs Graphiti + +| Aspect | Zep | Graphiti | +|--------|-----|----------| +| **What they are** | Complete managed platform for AI memory | Open-source graph framework | +| **User & conversation management** | Built-in users, threads, and message storage | Build your own | +| **Retrieval & performance** | Pre-configured, production-ready retrieval with sub-200ms performance at scale | Custom implementation required; performance depends on your setup | +| **Developer tools** | Dashboard with graph visualization, debug logs, API logs; SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and Go | Build your own tools | +| **Enterprise features** | SLAs, support, security guarantees | Self-managed | +| **Deployment** | Fully managed or in your cloud | Self-hosted only | + +### When to choose which + +**Choose Zep** if you want a turnkey, enterprise-grade platform with security, performance, and support baked in. + +**Choose Graphiti** if you want a flexible OSS core and you're comfortable building/operating the surrounding system. + ## Why Graphiti? Traditional RAG approaches often rely on batch processing and static data summarization, making them inefficient for