Looking for an alternative to Cathedral — Persistent Memory for AI Agents? Whether you need a different runtime environment, custom authentication support, or alternative API integrations in the Knowledge & Memory ecosystem, we have cataloged and compared the top alternative MCP servers below.
Persistent memory and drift detection for AI agents across session restarts.
Direct comparison of key metrics, runtimes, authentication methods, and community popularity.
| Server Name | Runtime | Auth | Pricing | GitHub Stars | Downloads | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C Cathedral — Persistent Memory for AI Agents (Target) | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Current |
| npx | API key | Freemium | 2 | 25 | Compare → | |
| Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → | |
C Collective Memory | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
| uvx | Free/None | Free | 60 | — | Compare → | |
C Corvid | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
| npx | No auth required | Free | 38,571 | 1 | Compare → | |
M MemoryRouter | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
T Throughline | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
M Memory | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
M Memorix | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
| npx | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 633 | — | Compare → | |
M Memory | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |