Chroma
Chroma is a vector database built for AI applications.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Open-source vector database for AI applications
Who should look elsewhere
Not for production scale
Pros
- +Simple to use
- +Good for prototyping
- +Open source
- +Python native
- +Lightweight
Cons
- −Not for production scale
- −Limited features
- −Persistence basic
- −Documentation gaps
- −Smaller community
Key features
- ✓Vector database
- ✓AI native
- ✓Embeddings
- ✓Python-first
- ✓Self-hosted
- ✓Open source
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | $0 | month | Self-hosted; Apache 2.0; Vector, full-text and metadata search |
| Cloud Starter | $0 | month | $0/month + usage; Free credits; 10 databases |
| Cloud Team | $250 | month | $250/month + usage; $100 credits included; 100 databases |
| Enterprise | — | month | Unlimited databases and members; Single-tenant clusters; BYOC |