Verbatim Storage
Store source text directly instead of extracting facts up front. The raw benchmark result comes from retrieving verbatim content.
96.6% recall on LongMemEval in raw mode. Local-first, open source, and usable without an API key.

MemPalace starts from a simple premise: store the source text and retrieve it well. The benchmarked raw mode does not require an LLM extraction step.
| System | LongMemEval R@5 | API Required | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| MemPalace (hybrid) | 100% | Optional | Free |
| Supermemory ASMR | ~99% | Yes | — |
| MemPalace (raw) | 96.6% | None | Free |
| Mastra | 94.87% | Yes | API costs |
| Mem0 | ~85% | Yes | $19–249/mo |
The raw 96.6% LongMemEval result is the baseline story: strong recall without requiring an API key or an LLM in the retrieval pipeline.