How Rift compares.
These pages compare Rift with 28 other ways agents get files today. Statements about another product come from its own documentation, which each page links to.
Agent storage.
ArchilArchil is a fast shared disk for AI workloads. Rift shares single folders, encrypted so that whoever stores them cannot read them.MesaMesa is a versioned filesystem where every agent write is a commit. Rift syncs folders that only your keys can read.FastioFastio gives each agent an account in a hosted workspace. Rift gives each agent a key and needs no account.Cloudflare ArtifactsArtifacts gives every agent task its own Git repository. Rift syncs whole folders, including the files Git does not track.AgentFSAgentFS keeps one agent's files in a single database file. Rift keeps files in sync across machines and owners.
Sandboxes.
E2BE2B runs agent code in isolated cloud sandboxes. Rift keeps the files those runs produce on machines you own.DaytonaDaytona runs long-lived sandboxes for agents. Rift syncs a folder between any machines, in a sandbox or out of one.ModalModal runs containers and GPU jobs at scale. Rift syncs files between the machines you already have.SpritesA Sprite is a cloud computer that keeps its disk. Rift syncs a folder to machines you own.Vercel SandboxVercel Sandbox runs agent code inside your Vercel project. Rift syncs an agent's files to your own machines.
Hosted agents.
Agent memory and state.
LettaLetta keeps shared agent memory in Git repositories on Letta Cloud. Rift keeps any files in sync across any machines.Mem0Mem0 stores facts an agent has learned about a user. Rift syncs the files an agent works on.SupermemorySupermemory turns conversations and documents into searchable memory on its servers. Rift syncs files between machines without reading them.ZepZep builds graphs of dated facts from conversations and business data and serves them from Zep Cloud. Rift syncs files between machines.Rivet ActorsA Rivet Actor is a long-lived process that keeps one agent's state, queue and connections. Rift syncs the files an agent writes to every machine that was given access.
Protocols.
MCPMCP is how an agent calls a tool. Rift is where an agent's files live.A2AA2A is how agents from different vendors hand each other tasks. Rift is how they share files.ANPANP gives agents identities and encrypted messages. Rift gives them shared files.SLIMSLIM is encrypted group messaging for agents. Rift is an encrypted filesystem for agents.
Sync and storage.
SyncthingSyncthing keeps whole folders identical across devices. Rift also shares part of a folder with an agent, as read or write, and keeps files available while your machines are off.TailscaleTailscale connects your machines. Rift syncs and stores the files on them.Amazon S3S3 is object storage with grants that AWS checks. Rift is a synced filesystem with grants that your own machines check.GitHubGitHub moves the files Git tracks, one repository at a time. Rift moves every file in a folder.DropboxDropbox shares folders between accounts, and an agent signs in as a person. Rift gives each agent a key of its own.Google DriveGoogle's Drive MCP server gives an agent read access to a person's whole Drive. Rift gives an agent its own key and only the folders it was granted.Proton DriveProton Drive is end-to-end encrypted storage for people. Rift is end-to-end encrypted storage in which each agent holds its own key.