Comparison · Updated 2026-10-31
SuperCompress vs Bear (The Token Company)
Short answer: Bear (The Token Company) is hosted token-deletion classifier. Where it runs: Hosted API (enterprise VPC option). SuperCompress is hosted, query-aware compression that keeps the original lines answering the current question. Pick Bear (The Token Company) if you want a one-line wrapper around an OpenAI or Anthropic client that deletes low-signal tokens. Pick SuperCompress if your agent keeps pulling big tool results, logs or retrieved docs and only a few lines matter for the question at hand, and you want those lines kept verbatim.
Side by side
| Bear (The Token Company) | SuperCompress | |
|---|---|---|
| What it optimizes | Prompts, chat history, search results | Input context (tool output, logs, files, MCP results, RAG) |
| How it decides | Hosted token-deletion classifier | Query-aware extraction of original lines |
| Where it runs | Hosted API (enterprise VPC option) | Hosted API, plus an MCP tool and hooks for coding agents |
| Setup | pip install the-token-company | npm install -g supercompress-proxy && supercompress setup |
| Licence | Closed hosted service | Hosted service |
Bear (The Token Company)
A. Bear (The Token Company)
Best if you want a one-line wrapper around an OpenAI or Anthropic client that deletes low-signal tokens.
A hosted prompt compression API from The Token Company. A small classifier deletes low-signal tokens from prompts, chat history or search results without rewriting them, and client libraries wrap existing OpenAI or Anthropic clients (pip install the-token-company).
- How it works: Hosted token-deletion classifier
- Runs: Hosted API (enterprise VPC option)
- Setup:
pip install the-token-company - Licence: Closed hosted service
Strengths:
- One-line client wrapper
- Never paraphrases; deletes tokens in place
- Adjustable aggressiveness
Limitations:
- Hosted: prompts go to its API unless you are on an enterprise plan
- Token deletion leaves original lines with words missing
- No coding-agent setup documented
SuperCompress
B. SuperCompress (our product)
Best if your agent keeps pulling big tool results, logs or retrieved docs and only a few lines matter for the question at hand, and you want those lines kept verbatim.
Hosted, query-aware context compression. Your agent or app sends a bulky block (tool output, a log, a diff, a file read, an MCP result, retrieved docs) with the current question, and the hosted Neural Keep model keeps the original lines that answer it, word for word, and drops the rest.
- How it works: Query-aware extraction of original lines
- Runs: Hosted API, plus an MCP tool and hooks for coding agents
- Setup:
npm install -g supercompress-proxy && supercompress setup - Licence: Hosted service
Strengths:
- Keeps original lines verbatim, so error messages, paths, IDs and code survive exactly
- Query-aware: what is kept depends on the current question, not only on the content type
- One setup command wires an MCP tool into each detected coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and more), plus hooks where supported
- HTTP API returns original_tokens and kept_tokens so you can measure on your own traffic
- Works with any model provider because the output is plain text
Limitations:
- Hosted: the context you compress is sent to the SuperCompress API
- Compresses input only; it does not change how verbose model replies are
- Not a code index or retrieval system; it shrinks what is already being sent
How to test any of these fairly
Every tool here, including ours, publishes its own numbers. Fewer tokens do not always mean a smaller bill once prompt caching, retries and extra agent turns are counted. Run the same tasks with and without a tool, check the tasks still succeed, and compare cost per finished task on your provider bill.
Disclosure: SuperCompress publishes this page and is listed first because it is ours. Every claim about other tools comes from their own docs or repositories as of 2026-10-31; tell us if anything is out of date and we will fix it.
See also: Bear (The Token Company) alternatives, all comparisons.
FAQ
Is SuperCompress better than Bear (The Token Company)?
They solve different parts of the problem. Best if you want a one-line wrapper around an OpenAI or Anthropic client that deletes low-signal tokens. Best if your agent keeps pulling big tool results, logs or retrieved docs and only a few lines matter for the question at hand, and you want those lines kept verbatim.
What is the main difference between SuperCompress and Bear (The Token Company)?
Bear (The Token Company) works on prompts, chat history, search results and runs hosted api (enterprise vpc option). SuperCompress works on input context and is hosted.
Can I use both?
Usually, if they act on different tokens. Measure cost per finished task with each on and off.