Synap TCO Calculator
The real cost of agent memory.
Honest math on what it costs to build memory infrastructure, switch from a competitor, or use Synap. Every number is editable. Every assumption is shown.
Building it yourself
$234,290
With Synap
$4,176
You save
$230,114
56.1x cheaper. Ships 5 months faster. Over 24 months.
at 100,000 ops/mo · $80/hr engineer · $5,000/mo LLM · Synap Pro · Early Bird applied
Cumulative cost over time
Downstream LLM savings
Monthly
$1,000
Annual
$12,000
Pays back
5.7x
~50% fewer tokens to your downstream LLM via anticipatory retrieval + agentic compaction.
Early Bird 5-yr savings
List 5yr
$14,940
EB 5yr
$10,440
You save
$4,500
Locked for life. Doesn't expire even when list prices increase.
Customize your numbers
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Retrievals + ingestions + compactions combined
Salary + benefits + overhead / productive hours
What Synap gives you that building it yourself won't
See full comparison →Pulled from the Synap comparison page. Only Synap wins shown.
| Capability | Build it yourself (V1) | Synap |
|---|---|---|
| Anticipatory retrieval | No (6–12 weeks R&D) | Yes — sub-100ms prefetch |
| Agentic compaction with quality validation | Basic summarization (3–5 weeks) | Full — 4 strategies + validation |
| LongMemEval (independently verified) | Untested — build the harness first | 90.2% |
| P50 retrieval latency | ~200ms with naive setup | 15ms |
| Entity resolution | Manual | Automatic, multi-strategy |
| Hierarchical scope (User → Customer → Client → World) | User+session only | 4 levels native |
| Multi-mode retrieval (FAST/ACCURATE/HYBRID) | Maybe 1 mode | All 3 + custom |
| Real-time listening sessions | Won't have it | 10+ concurrent |
| Decision audit trail | Won't have it | 30–180 days retention |
| Open-source eval harness | Won't have it | Yes (full config published) |
Anticipatory retrieval
- Build it yourself (V1)
- No (6–12 weeks R&D)
- Synap
- Yes — sub-100ms prefetch
Agentic compaction with quality validation
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Basic summarization (3–5 weeks)
- Synap
- Full — 4 strategies + validation
LongMemEval (independently verified)
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Untested — build the harness first
- Synap
- 90.2%
P50 retrieval latency
- Build it yourself (V1)
- ~200ms with naive setup
- Synap
- 15ms
Entity resolution
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Manual
- Synap
- Automatic, multi-strategy
Hierarchical scope (User → Customer → Client → World)
- Build it yourself (V1)
- User+session only
- Synap
- 4 levels native
Multi-mode retrieval (FAST/ACCURATE/HYBRID)
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Maybe 1 mode
- Synap
- All 3 + custom
Real-time listening sessions
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Won't have it
- Synap
- 10+ concurrent
Decision audit trail
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Won't have it
- Synap
- 30–180 days retention
Open-source eval harness
- Build it yourself (V1)
- Won't have it
- Synap
- Yes (full config published)
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