Basic Memory Platform
Provider 
Founded 2025
Sells To —
Pricing Model —
Ownership —

Basic Memory Platform gives teams and AI tools one shared knowledge graph of owned Markdown files.
The offering keeps the knowledge base in files the team owns, indexable by meaning, by frontmatter fields, and by typed graph relations an agent can traverse, and it works beside Claude, Codex, Cursor, Obsidian, and VS Code through MCP.
It is delivered as a free local open-source package, a paid cloud sync tier, and credit-based agent plans with enterprise or on-premise deployment, and it is sold by Basic Memory LLC, a Basic Machines company.
| Attribute | Basic Memory Platform | Shepherd Company Memory Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | |||
| Founded | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Sells To | — | Enterprises | |
| Pricing Model | — | B2B Subscription | |
| Ownership | — | Equity |
Provider 
Founded 2025
Sells To —
Pricing Model —
Ownership —
Provider 
Founded 2026
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model B2B Subscription
Ownership Equity


API that trains compact reusable memories on organizational context for agent inference.


Cognee Company Brain turns company docs, chats, and code into one citable knowledge graph.


Mintlify's platform helps teams create and maintain documentation and knowledge bases for human readers and AI agents.


Operational memory layer that consolidates scattered company knowledge into structured, searchable context for employees and AI agents.


Persistent memory for AI agents. Temporal context graphs that track facts across time and ingest every source the agent touches.



Backdrop provides always-on cloud AI coworkers with shared memory, tool access, and approval gating.


Dosu MCP Server is the AI documentation and knowledge automation platform for engineering teams and agents.



AI platform that transforms technical documentation into intelligent assistants for accurate question answering.


Jedify Context Graph Platform connects enterprise knowledge sources into a live permissions-aware context graph for AI agents.


Enterprise knowledge platform for documentation governance, search, and delivery.


Glean Work AI puts enterprise context from company tools behind AI assistants and agents that answer and act.
Mem0 provides a persistent memory layer for AI agents and applications.

API that trains compact reusable memories on organizational context for agent inference.

Cognee Company Brain turns company docs, chats, and code into one citable knowledge graph.

Mintlify's platform helps teams create and maintain documentation and knowledge bases for human readers and AI agents.

Operational memory layer that consolidates scattered company knowledge into structured, searchable context for employees and AI agents.

Persistent memory for AI agents. Temporal context graphs that track facts across time and ingest every source the agent touches.

AI-powered knowledge management platform for team documentation and search.

Backdrop provides always-on cloud AI coworkers with shared memory, tool access, and approval gating.

Dosu MCP Server is the AI documentation and knowledge automation platform for engineering teams and agents.

Agent workspace that turns AI outputs into structured, reusable artifacts.

AI platform that transforms technical documentation into intelligent assistants for accurate question answering.

Jedify Context Graph Platform connects enterprise knowledge sources into a live permissions-aware context graph for AI agents.

Enterprise knowledge platform for documentation governance, search, and delivery.

Glean Work AI puts enterprise context from company tools behind AI assistants and agents that answer and act.
