# Mengram vs Letta

Letta (formerly MemGPT) pioneered agent-controlled memory from UC Berkeley research. Mengram takes a different approach with 3 structured memory types and procedural learning.

## What Letta does well

- Novel agent-controlled memory architecture
- UC Berkeley research-backed (MemGPT paper)
- Free and self-hostable
- Great for long-running conversations

## What Letta doesn't have

- No procedural memory
- Only partial episodic memory (conversation archival)
- No self-improving workflows
- No Cognitive Profile
- Agent memory management adds unpredictability
- Limited managed hosting options

## Feature comparison

|  | Mengram | Letta |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semantic memory (facts) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Episodic memory (events) | ✅ | Partial |
| Procedural memory (workflows) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Self-improving procedures | ✅ | ❌ |
| Cognitive Profile | ✅ | ❌ |
| Multi-user isolation | ✅ | ❌ |
| Knowledge graph | ✅ | ❌ |
| MCP server | ✅ | ✅ |
| Import (ChatGPT, Obsidian) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Self-hostable | ✅ | ✅ |
| Price | Free | Free (self-host) |

## When to choose what

### Choose Letta if...

Long-running conversational agents where the agent should organically manage its own context and memory.

### Choose Mengram if...

Structured memory with 3 types that the developer controls. Procedures evolve from failures. Cloud API + MCP + framework integrations.

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