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One governed memory
vs. your current setup

Vendor memory, project files, Notion and Obsidian each solve part of the problem. None of them keeps the project portable, permissioned, auditable and governed across every tool at once. Here is the honest comparison.

Comparison of GAAI Cloud Memory with vendor AI memory, project files, Notion and Obsidian across portability, permissions, audit and governance.
Capability Vendor AI memory Project files Notion / Obsidian GAAI Cloud Memory
Works across all your AI tools ✗ Stays in that vendor ◐ AGENTS.md is shared; other files are tool-specific ◐ Notion has an MCP server; Obsidian via community plugins ✓ One store, any MCP-compatible tool
Shared live memory across teammates ◐ ChatGPT shared Projects add team memory; Claude/Cursor per-user ◐ Repo-shared text, no per-agent scope ◐ Human sharing, not per-agent ✓ One shared store across tools, scoped per user & agent
Per-agent / per-item permissions ✗ Org on/off only ✗ Repo access is all-or-nothing ◐ User/key-scoped, not per-agent ✓ Per-member and per-entry access
Audit trail of changes ◐ Not on consumer/team memory ◐ Git history only ◐ Notion: connection-level; Obsidian: none ✓ Append-only, on by default
Decisions & rules as governed types ✗ Freeform memory ✗ Advisory instruction text ✗ Freeform pages / notes ✓ First-class governed types
Concurrent-write safety — Vendor-managed ◐ Git merge conflicts ◐ Obsidian may need manual merge cleanup; Notion managed ✓ Single-writer per workspace
Setup ✓ Built-in, zero setup ✓ Just a file ◐ Account / vault + plugins ◐ Connect an MCP-compatible tool + OAuth

Legend: ✓ yes · ◐ partial or qualified · ✗ no · — not applicable. Viewing what's stored is offered by GAAI and by every vendor memory — it is table stakes, not a difference. Sources below; figures reflect official docs as of June 2026.

What each alternative does well

These are good tools. GAAI is not trying to replace them — it adds the governance layer they weren't built to provide.

Vendor AI memory

Zero setup, deep native integration, and frictionless inside the tool you already pay for. You can also view and edit what each one remembers.

Project files

Free, local, simple, version-controlled and offline. AGENTS.md is a genuine cross-tool convention many agents read.

Notion

Rich UX, databases, a large ecosystem, and a first-party MCP server so AI tools can read and write Notion content.

Obsidian

A fast local-first vault: offline, Canvas, graph view, strong privacy, great mobile apps and a large plugin ecosystem — deliberately single-user, with no real-time team editing.

Where GAAI is different

  • — Portable across tools — one governed store read by any MCP-compatible tool, not memory locked to one vendor.
  • — Per-user and per-agent, per-item permissions — each agent sees only its scoped content, not all-or-nothing access.
  • — Audit on by default — an append-only record of changes at every tier, not an enterprise add-on.
  • — Decisions and rules as governed types — with a lifecycle, not freeform notes.
  • — One governed memory shared across your teammates’ tools — live, not locked inside one product.

Make your project memory portable

€15/mo Personal · €39/mo Pro (Founding 100 — locked). Keep your AI provider — pay GAAI for governed project memory.

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Sources (official docs, June 2026): OpenAI & Anthropic & Cursor memory/rules docs; agents.md; Notion MCP (notion.com/help/notion-mcp); Obsidian Local REST API and Sync troubleshooting docs. GAAI capabilities verified against the running product.