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Alternatives to Engram
Engram: Your notes are your AI's memory. 8 products similar to Engram, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 5 of 8 have a free tier, 7 of 8 have an API, 8 of 8 offer an MCP server, 2 of 8 are open source.
- Engram
A self-maintaining second brain for Claude and other AI assistants
- NoteMCP
Portable AI memory, built from your notes
- emem
Shared, verifiable memory for AI agents: signed facts keyed by place, verifiable offline without an account.
- Evernote
Note-taking app for capturing notes, tasks, and schedules across devices
- MemorySync
AI Memory Infrastructure
- knowsme
One memory of you and your work, shared by AI agents that speak MCP
- Pingram
Messaging APIs for emails, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp
- Sensefold
Personal context library with a remote MCP server that lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients search, read, and write saved Markdown content.
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engram | Freemium · from $7/mo | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Engram | — | — | yes | yes | — | — |
| NoteMCP | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| emem | — | — | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Evernote | Freemium | yes | no | yes | no | no |
| MemorySync | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| knowsme | Freemium · from $5/month | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Pingram | Freemium · from $20/month | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Sensefold | Freemium | no | yes | yes | no | no |
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