ValorBrain vs Zep
ValorBrain or Zep?
The same cells as the comparison page, with only the two columns. Every claim about Zep 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 Zep describes itself
Context layer that unifies business data, documents and conversations for agents. source↗
Where ValorBrain stands out
Hooks in coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…)
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: no (Plugin is skill + MCP only; hooks out of scope)
Source connectors (Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub…)
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: partial (zep-ingest (alpha): Slack exports, email, docs; no live connectors)
Where Zep stands out
Open source (OSI license)
ValorBrain: no · Zep: partial (Graphiti Apache-2.0; Zep Cloud engine proprietary)
SOC 2 report
ValorBrain: no · Zep: yes (Type II; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise)
Paid plan purchasable online today
ValorBrain: no · Zep: yes (Flex and Flex Plus via online signup)
ValorBrain documents it, Zep doesn't
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Both have it
Managed cloud
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Managed Zep Cloud)
Self-host, on-prem or VPC
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (BYOC in your VPC (Enterprise); Graphiti OSS; CE deprecated)
Declared data region
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (EU region available on Zep Cloud; BYOC in your VPC)
Hosted MCP server (HTTP)
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (api.getzep.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP); seats per plan)
MCP with OAuth and dynamic client registration
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (OAuth 2.1 + DCR; requires Google Workspace or OIDC)
Hybrid search (keyword + vector)
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Semantic + BM25 (+ optional BFS), RRF fusion)
Knowledge graph or time-aware facts
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Bi-temporal graph (valid_at/invalid_at))
New information supersedes the old
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Invalidates old facts, keeps history)
Team: members, roles, invites
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Members, invites, shared graphs; full RBAC on Enterprise)
Read permission per source or document
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (ABAC per graph and episode metadata (Enterprise))
Audit log
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (Enterprise; dashboard actions + API logs (1 year))
Free plan
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (10,000 credits/mo, 2 projects, 1 MCP seat)
Published price (model and entry)
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (credits; Flex USD 125/mo (50k credits))
Vendor-published benchmark
ValorBrain: yes · Zep: yes (LongMemEval 90.2%; LoCoMo 94.7% (gpt-5.4 judge))
Full table
Row by row, with the source of every cell.
Deployment and compliance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Managed cloud | yessource↗SaaS at valorbrain.valor.digital | yessource↗Managed Zep Cloud |
| Open source (OSI license) | nosource↗Closed source, for security | partialsource↗Graphiti Apache-2.0; Zep Cloud engine proprietary |
| Self-host, on-prem or VPC | yessource↗On-prem or dedicated instance (Enterprise, under contract) | yessource↗BYOC in your VPC (Enterprise); Graphiti OSS; CE deprecated |
| SOC 2 report to weigh | nosource↗In preparation; LGPD-aligned, DPA published | yessource↗Type II; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise |
| Declared data region | yessource↗Documents and vectors in Brazil | yessource↗EU region available on Zep Cloud; BYOC in your VPC |
How the agent connects
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted MCP server (HTTP) | yessource↗mcpbrain.valor.digital/mcp | yessource↗api.getzep.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP); seats per plan |
| MCP with OAuth and dynamic client registration | yessource↗OAuth 2.1 with registration_endpoint (DCR) | yessource↗OAuth 2.1 + DCR; requires Google Workspace or OIDC |
| Hooks in coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) | yessource↗Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor | nosource↗Plugin is skill + MCP only; hooks out of scope |
| Source connectors (Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub…) | yessource↗Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear and more; paid plans | partialsource↗zep-ingest (alpha): Slack exports, email, docs; no live connectors |
Retrieval and updates
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Hybrid search (keyword + vector) | yessource↗BM25 + vector + RRF + cross-encoder | yessource↗Semantic + BM25 (+ optional BFS), RRF fusion |
| Knowledge graph or time-aware facts | yessource↗Keyed facts with a date (as_of), queryable over time | yessource↗Bi-temporal graph (valid_at/invalid_at) |
| New information supersedes the old | yessource↗Keyed fact wins over old prose | yessource↗Invalidates old facts, keeps history |
Team and governance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Team: members, roles, invites | yessource↗Plans by number of people; agents don't count | yessource↗Members, invites, shared graphs; full RBAC on Enterprise |
| Read permission per source or document | yessource↗Per-source ACL with validity and reason; enabled per tenant | yessource↗ABAC per graph and episode metadata (Enterprise) |
| Audit log | yessource↗Immutable mutation trail + read log | yessource↗Enterprise; dashboard actions + API logs (1 year) |
How you buy it
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | yessource↗One free project | yessource↗10,000 credits/mo, 2 projects, 1 MCP seat |
| Paid plan purchasable online today to weigh | nosource↗Contracted directly with the team; online subscription soon | yessource↗Flex and Flex Plus via online signup |
| Published price (model and entry) | yessource↗Fixed monthly by number of people; nothing per answer | yessource↗credits; Flex USD 125/mo (50k credits) |
| Vendor-published benchmark | yessource↗LoCoMo 96.58% per-session recall@10 · BEAM-100K average 75.5% (binary 80.8%) | yessource↗LongMemEval 90.2%; LoCoMo 94.7% (gpt-5.4 judge) |
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