Free
$0
Per month
- Core features
Zep: Memory Layer
Founded 2023|San Francisco, CA|1-10 people|Open Source
What is Zep?
Zep provides long-term memory for AI applications. Vector search and fact extraction for persistent context.
Key features
Core capabilities this platform advertises.
- Memory infrastructure for AI assistants
- Dialog classification and extraction
- Integration with LangChain and LlamaIndex
- Structured and unstructured memory storage
- Memory search with temporal awareness
Strengths and tradeoffs
What this tool does well, and the limitations to keep in mind.
Pros
- AI memory purpose-built
- 100k free messages
- Self-hosted option
Cons
- Message limits
- Scaling costs
Plans & pricing
What's included in each plan, and how the tiers compare.
Pro
$49
Per month
- Advanced features
Enterprise
Custom
Contract
- Custom
Common use cases
Developers building conversational AI that needs structured memory and dialog management
- Enterprise AI assistants with memory
- Customer service bots that remember past issues
- Personalized recommendation agents
- Multi-turn conversation management
- Context-aware AI applications
Using Zep with Respan
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- Seamless Respan integration
- Enhanced AI capabilities
- Production infrastructure
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1,000+Models
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Last verified: March 10, 2026