Smart Jelly vs Supermemory
Supermemory is a memory engine developers build into their own AI apps and agents. Smart Jelly is a Mac app for one person: it builds its memory from what you already read, write and hear, with nothing to connect or upload.
Checked 19 October 2026 against Supermemory’s own pages. Sources ↓A memory and context API that developers add to their AI apps and agents, with plugins and an MCP server that give AI tools a shared memory. Built for developers and teams building AI agents, and people who want one memory across their AI tools.
A memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
Where they overlap
Side by side
| Smart Jelly | Supermemory | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A Mac app for one person, ready to use | A memory API and SDKs for developers, with plugins, an MCP server and a browser extension; its old web app now leads to the developer console |
| How it gets your data | ●Reads your chats, mail, meetings and websites as text, through macOS Accessibility. No accounts to connect | Connectors (Gmail on Max, Drive, Notion, OneDrive, GitHub, Granola), API uploads of text, files and URLs, plugins and MCP |
| What it builds | People and what each is to you, projects, and your days as episodes | Single facts linked in a graph, where newer facts update older ones, and a profile of each user |
| Where memory lives | On your Mac, encrypted | Its cloud, encrypted; a self-hosted server for macOS and Linux, on Scale and Enterprise or free up to a limit; connectors stay in the cloud |
| Meetings | ●Bot-free notes, a brief before the call, live cards during it | Doesn’t record calls; imports notes and transcripts from Granola |
| What you owe people | ●One list across every app. Each closes itself when the reply, file or meeting happens, with the proof attached | Not documented |
| Building on it | MCP for other AI tools | ●An HTTP API, SDKs, framework plugins, MCP with sign-in, and open-source plugins for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex |
| Model training | What is sent to answer a question is never used to train any model, and never stored by Smart Jelly | Says customer content is never used to train models, on every plan |
| Platforms | Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14+) | ●Any platform through its API; self-hosted on macOS and Linux; a browser extension |
What each costs
Smart Jelly: Free plan; paid plans for heavier use See pricingSupermemory · Free: $5 of usage a monthSupermemory · Pro: $19 a month, with $20 of usageSupermemory · Max: $100 a month, with $130 of usage and GmailSupermemory · Scale: $399 a month, self-hosting option; Enterprise: customSupermemory · Usage beyond the plan is charged per token and per searchSupermemory’s siteSmart Jelly or Supermemory?
Is Supermemory an app I can just install?
Mostly it’s a developer platform: an API, plugins for AI tools, an MCP server and a browser extension. Smart Jelly is a Mac app that starts remembering once you install it.
Can Supermemory run on my own computer?
Yes, with its self-hosted server for macOS and Linux, on its larger plans; connectors stay in its cloud. Smart Jelly keeps your memory encrypted on your Mac on every plan.
Can I use both?
Yes. Supermemory adds memory to software you build and to your AI tools. Smart Jelly builds a memory of your own work and can share it with other AI tools over MCP.
- Supermemory homepage
- Pricing
- Docs
- Connectors
- Graph memory
- User profiles
- MCP
- Self-hosting
- Security
- Privacy policy
- LongMemEval report
- GitHub
Compiled from Supermemory’s publicly documented behaviour. These products ship fast, so check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
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