Side-by-side comparison of two Model Context Protocol servers — install paths, tools, quality signals, and directory engagement so you can pick the right one for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients.
Persistent memory for Claude Code grounded in computational neuroscience (41 cited papers). Thermodynamic decay, hippocampal-cortical consolidation, predictive-coding write gate, WRRF retrieval. PostgreSQL + pgvector, 33 MCP tools, 7 lifecycle hooks. Benchmarked 97.8% R@10 on LongMemEval. claude plugin marketplace add cdeust/Cortex
Self-hosted mem0 MCP server for Claude Code with Qdrant vector search, Neo4j knowledge graph, and Ollama embeddings. Zero-config OAT auth, split-model graph routing, session hooks for automatic cross-session memory, and 11 tools. Supports both Anthropic and fully local Ollama setups.