Mem0

A memory layer for AI agents that lets them remember users and past interactions across sessions.

Agents & Automation Freemium Has API Open Source
Researched · Published
RECATOOLS Score
7.5 / 10
Founded
2023
HQ
San Francisco, California, USA
Users
60K+ GitHub stars
Launched
Developer
Taranjeet Singh, Deshraj Yadav

Overview

Mem0 is an open-source (Apache-2.0) memory layer for AI agents. It gives them persistent memory across sessions by extracting and storing facts so they stop forgetting users and context. The San Francisco company raised a $24M Series A in October 2025 led by Basis Set Ventures and reports over 60K GitHub stars and tens of millions of downloads. In 2025 AWS selected Mem0 as the memory provider for its Strands Agent SDK. It is available as a self-hosted open-source library or a managed cloud platform with an API.

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Pricing

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Free
Free
Open-source library (Apache-2.0) is free to self-host; managed cloud has a free starter tier.
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RECATOOLS Verdict

What this is for: Adding long-term, personalized memory to AI agents and assistants so they recall users and prior context.

Who this is for: Developers building agents, chatbots, or copilots that need persistence beyond a single conversation.

Availability: Free open-source library plus a paid managed cloud with API; used as the memory provider for AWS's Strands Agent SDK.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

What people say

Mem0 has strong adoption signal — 60K+ GitHub stars, tens of millions of downloads, a $24M Series A, and selection as the memory provider for AWS's Strands Agent SDK — and it's a common default when developers want to bolt persistent memory onto an existing agent.

But agent memory is exactly the space where hype outruns evidence, and Mem0's benchmark claims have drawn direct scrutiny. Zep published a rebuttal arguing Mem0's LoCoMo comparison misconfigured competitors (Zep says its corrected score was 75.1% versus the 66% Mem0 reported for it). More damningly, critics note Mem0's own numbers show a plain full-context baseline (~73%) beating Mem0's best (~68%) — evidence the benchmark doesn't actually stress long-term memory, since LoCoMo conversations fit inside modern context windows and lack knowledge-update tests. An arXiv analysis reported Mem0 OSS retrieval precision as low as ~0.06, severe enough that memory could leave a model worse off than none. A broader complaint: write-path cost (often 80%+ of agent runtime) goes unreported across the field.

It's popular and easy to adopt, but treat the state-of-the-art memory claims with skepticism. Benchmark it on your own data before trusting its retrieval quality.

Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.

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