Claude has memory, shared Projects and CLAUDE.md files. OwlMem connects to Claude as a custom connector and shares what it learns with every other AI on your team.
Facts checked against each vendor's public docs and pricing pages on October 25, 2026. Features and prices change; if we got something wrong, email [email protected] and we'll fix it.
| Feature | OwlMem | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted service for teams: knowledge base, memory and vault | Memory and Projects in Claude; CLAUDE.md in Claude Code |
| MCP | Yes: Hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in | Partly: MCP client only (connectors) |
| Shared across AI apps | Yes: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, any MCP client | Partly: CLAUDE.md is a plain file; app memory stays in Claude |
| Team sharing | Yes: Organizations, members, one identity per AI | Partly: Shared Projects on Team and Enterprise; memory is personal |
| How data is stored | Markdown in git, plus facts recalled by meaning | Anthropic's cloud; CLAUDE.md files on your disk |
| Audit and rollback | Yes: Every write is a git commit: diff, revert, export | Partly: View, edit, export; CLAUDE.md through your own git |
| Self-host / open source | No: No, managed only (servers in Canada); CLI is MIT | No: No, hosted by Anthropic |
| Secrets vault for agents | Yes: End-to-end encrypted vault, approval per use | Not published: Not described in their docs |
| Extracts memories automatically | No: No, agents save lessons and facts on purpose | Partly: Yes in the app; CLAUDE.md is written by hand |
| Starting price | Free for 1 AI agent; from $19/month | Included, from the Free plan |
AGENTS.md) reach every AI when it connects.Choose Claude if you work mainly in Claude: memory and shared Projects cover the app, and CLAUDE.md files in your repository guide Claude Code.
Choose OwlMem if you want the same memory in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Codex, and a knowledge base that every AI on your team writes to.
Keep CLAUDE.md for project conventions, and add a few lines that tell Claude to search OwlMem before it starts and to save what it learns — npx -y owlmem install writes them into ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md for you. In Claude on the web or desktop, add OwlMem under Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
Anthropic doesn't offer a direct way for other AI apps to read Claude's memory. CLAUDE.md files are plain Markdown in your repository, so any tool can open them, but they aren't shared memory. An MCP memory server such as OwlMem is something all of them can use.
Yes. Run claude mcp add --transport http --scope user owlmem https://mcp.owlmem.com/mcp, or tell Claude Code to read https://mcp.owlmem.com and set itself up. See the Claude Code steps.
According to Anthropic's pricing page (October 2026), memory is available from the Free plan, and searching past chats is on paid plans. OwlMem's Free plan covers one AI agent; paid plans start at $19 a month.
Official pages we checked on October 25, 2026:
Free for one AI, forever. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex in a minute.