ValorBrain vs Claude memory
ValorBrain or Claude memory?
The same cells as the comparison page, with only the two columns. Every claim about Claude memory comes from its own documentation, with a link and a date; every claim about ValorBrain comes from our public pages.
Why ValorBrain
What a team gets by using ValorBrain as the memory of its people and agents. Six differentiators, each with its proof next to it.
Memory with a current version and authority
When a fact changes, the new value takes over without erasing the history, and every value says who asserted it. The agent gets the current version, not the one that merely looks most like the question.
Proof↗ Keyed facts win over old prose; authority human > designated > import > agent; the value can be read as of any date (as_of).
Documents and vectors in Brazil, LGPD and on-prem on Enterprise
DPA and subprocessors published, legal basis and data-subject rights in the Privacy Policy. On Enterprise, on-prem inside your perimeter or a dedicated instance, under contract.
Proof↗ Documents, vectors and the database stay in Brazil. Answer generation uses a model provider outside the country, and the encrypted backup lives in the cloud (Google Drive).
Per-source permissions and an access log
Read grants per business domain for a person, role or agent, with validity and reason. Every read records who read it, through which agent and which version.
Proof↗ Controls verified in production on 2026-09-24: per-source ACL (enabled per tenant), read log and an append-only mutation trail with a hash chain.
MCP with real OAuth, and hooks in the main agents
One hosted MCP endpoint: Claude.ai connects through OAuth, with no token to paste. Hooks bring the relevant memory to the agent at session start and on every prompt (where the agent allows it), without it having to remember to search.
Proof↗ OAuth 2.1 with registration_endpoint (DCR) · hooks: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor.
Ranking without an LLM, 0 calls per search
BM25 and vectors fused by RRF and reranked by a cross-encoder. An LLM only expands the query; it never decides what comes back. Predictable, auditable search with no model cost in ranking.
Proof↗ BEAM-100K, end-to-end answers: average 75.5% (binary 80.8%) (run 2026-08-23, reader GLM-5.3 Flash (Ox Alpha), effort=max). Method and limits at /benchmarks.
Flat price per person
Agents don't count as seats and nothing is billed per answer or per document, so the team uses it without watching a meter. Start free, no card.
Proof↗ Solo US$39, Core US$99, Operations US$199 per month; annual = 12 months for the price of 10.
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Updated Oct 11, 2026 · yes = documented and available today · partial = exists with a limit (see detail) · no = the source shows it is absent · not documented = the vendor doesn't say · ↗ = the cell's source
How ValorBrain describes itself
Shared memory that keeps work moving when the person, the agent or the model changes. source↗
How Claude memory describes itself
Native memory and chat search in Anthropic's Claude assistant. source↗
Where ValorBrain stands out
Self-host, on-prem or VPC
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (API memory tool only (your own storage))
Declared data region
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (API: storage US only; apps undocumented)
Hooks in coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Claude Code only (CLAUDE.md + auto memory))
New information supersedes the old
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Updates topics; no validity mechanism)
Team: members, roles, invites
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Shared projects (Team); memory is per user)
Read permission per source or document
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Per project (invitees view/edit), not per document)
Audit log
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Logs org toggle; member edits not logged)
Knowledge shared by the team
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Via shared projects; memory is individual)
Usable from other AI tools (MCP)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: partial (Manual import/export only (experimental))
Where Claude memory stands out
SOC 2 report
ValorBrain: no · Claude: yes (Type I & II; ISO 27001; HIPAA-ready)
Paid plan purchasable online today
ValorBrain: no · Claude: yes (Pro/Max by credit card)
ValorBrain documents it, Claude memory doesn't
Hosted MCP server (HTTP)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: not documented (Not documented; Claude is an MCP client)
MCP with OAuth and dynamic client registration
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: not documented (Not documented (no memory MCP server))
Hybrid search (keyword + vector)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: not documented (Not documented; only says RAG)
Knowledge graph or time-aware facts
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: not documented (Not documented; topic-based memory)
Vendor-published benchmark
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: not documented (Not documented for memory)
Both have it
Managed cloud
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (claude.ai (web, desktop, mobile))
Source connectors (Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub…)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (935 in directory (Drive, Gmail, Notion, Slack))
Free plan
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Free: memory included; up to 5 projects)
Published price (model and entry)
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (subscription; Pro USD 20/mo (USD 17 annual))
Agents write knowledge back
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Claude saves memory; API memory tool writes)
Company source connectors
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Drive, Gmail, GitHub, M365, Slack (Team))
Answers cite the source
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Cites past chats in search)
Answers respect source permissions
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Connectors inherit source permissions)
Admin console with audit log
ValorBrain: yes · Claude: yes (Audit logs on Enterprise)
Full table
Row by row, with the source of every cell.
Deployment and compliance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Managed cloud | yessource↗SaaS at valorbrain.valor.digital | yessource↗claude.ai (web, desktop, mobile) |
| Open source (OSI license) | nosource↗Closed source, for security | nosource↗Proprietary (even Claude Code) |
| Self-host, on-prem or VPC | yessource↗On-prem or dedicated instance (Enterprise, under contract) | partialsource↗API memory tool only (your own storage) |
| SOC 2 report to weigh | nosource↗In preparation; LGPD-aligned, DPA published | yessource↗Type I & II; ISO 27001; HIPAA-ready |
| Declared data region | yessource↗Documents and vectors in Brazil | partialsource↗API: storage US only; apps undocumented |
How the agent connects
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted MCP server (HTTP) | yessource↗mcpbrain.valor.digital/mcp | not documentedsource↗Not documented; Claude is an MCP client |
| MCP with OAuth and dynamic client registration | yessource↗OAuth 2.1 with registration_endpoint (DCR) | not documentedsource↗Not documented (no memory MCP server) |
| Hooks in coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) | yessource↗Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor | partialsource↗Claude Code only (CLAUDE.md + auto memory) |
| Source connectors (Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub…) | yessource↗Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear and more; paid plans | yessource↗935 in directory (Drive, Gmail, Notion, Slack) |
Retrieval and updates
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Hybrid search (keyword + vector) | yessource↗BM25 + vector + RRF + cross-encoder | not documentedsource↗Not documented; only says RAG |
| Knowledge graph or time-aware facts | yessource↗Keyed facts with a date (as_of), queryable over time | not documentedsource↗Not documented; topic-based memory |
| New information supersedes the old | yessource↗Keyed fact wins over old prose | partialsource↗Updates topics; no validity mechanism |
Team and governance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Team: members, roles, invites | yessource↗Plans by number of people; agents don't count | partialsource↗Shared projects (Team); memory is per user |
| Read permission per source or document | yessource↗Per-source ACL with validity and reason; enabled per tenant | partialsource↗Per project (invitees view/edit), not per document |
| Audit log | yessource↗Immutable mutation trail + read log | partialsource↗Logs org toggle; member edits not logged |
How you buy it
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | yessource↗One free project | yessource↗Free: memory included; up to 5 projects |
| Paid plan purchasable online today to weigh | nosource↗Contracted directly with the team; online subscription soon | yessource↗Pro/Max by credit card |
| Published price (model and entry) | yessource↗Fixed monthly by number of people; nothing per answer | yessource↗subscription; Pro USD 20/mo (USD 17 annual) |
| Vendor-published benchmark | yessource↗LoCoMo 96.58% per-session recall@10 · BEAM-100K average 75.5% (binary 80.8%) | not documentedsource↗Not documented for memory |
Team knowledge
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge shared by the team | yessource↗Memory shared by people and agents | partialsource↗Via shared projects; memory is individual |
| Usable from other AI tools (MCP) | yessource↗Hosted MCP with OAuth, plus hooks | partialsource↗Manual import/export only (experimental) |
| Agents write knowledge back | yessource↗Agent stores typed memory (memory_store) | yessource↗Claude saves memory; API memory tool writes |
| Company source connectors | yessource↗Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear and more; paid plans | yessource↗Drive, Gmail, GitHub, M365, Slack (Team) |
| Answers cite the source | yessource↗Source citation in the answer | yessource↗Cites past chats in search |
Control and compliance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Answers respect source permissions | yessource↗Per-source ACL with validity and reason; enabled per tenant | yessource↗Connectors inherit source permissions |
| Admin console with audit log | yessource↗Immutable trail; read log for admins | yessource↗Audit logs on Enterprise |
| SOC 2 report to weigh | nosource↗In preparation; LGPD-aligned, DPA published | yessource↗Type I & II; ISO 27001; HIPAA-ready |
| Declared data region | yessource↗Documents and vectors in Brazil | partialsource↗US-only inference on Enterprise; storage undocumented |
How you buy it
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | yessource↗One free project | yessource↗Individual Free; Team is paid |
| Paid plan purchasable online today to weigh | nosource↗Contracted directly with the team; online subscription soon | yessource↗Team/Enterprise purchasable online |
| Published price (model and entry) | yessource↗Fixed monthly by number of people; nothing per answer | yessource↗per seat; Team USD 25/mo (USD 20 annual) |
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