Pyyan / Compare / Graphiti vs GraphRAG
Graphiti vs GraphRAG
2 of 5RAG & Knowledge Graphs · verified 13 Aug 2026
GraphitiZepcurrent
GraphRAGMicrosoftcurrent| Specification | Graphiti | GraphRAG |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | A temporal knowledge graph, built for agent memory. | Build a knowledge graph first, then query it. |
| Kind | Library | Library |
| Graph | Yes, temporal | Yes, core |
| Language | Python | Python |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | ~12k | ~25k |
| Category | RAG & Knowledge Graphs | RAG & Knowledge Graphs |
| Official | Zep ↗ | Microsoft ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Graphiti
- Records when something was true and when it was learned
- The engine behind Zep's LongMemEval result
Best for facts that change over time.
GraphRAG
- Extracts entities and relationships, then summarises communities
- Answers “what are the themes here” which vector search cannot
- Expensive to index
Best for questions no single chunk can answer.