TL;DR - Chroma
- Chroma is an open-source vector database designed for building AI applications with embeddings
- It stores and queries vector embeddings for semantic search, RAG, and AI memory applications
- Completely free and open-source with a hosted cloud option coming
Pricing: Free forever
Best for: Individuals & startups
Score: 84/100
Pricing Plans
free trialOpen Source
Free
Self-hosted
- Vector database
- Full-text search
- AI embeddings
- Python-native
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Cloud
Free
$5 free credits
- Serverless
- Auto-scaling
- Managed
- Fast queries
About Chroma
Chroma is a vector database built for AI applications. Store embeddings, query by similarity, and power retrieval-augmented generation with a database designed for how LLMs actually work.
The API is simple. Local mode requires no setup. Scaling happens when you need it. The focus is making vector search accessible.
Developers building AI applications that need vector storage choose Chroma for an approachable database that handles embeddings natively.
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Chroma FAQ
Open source is free. Chroma Cloud in beta with free tier. Commercial pricing coming.
Chroma is an open-source embedding database. Store and query embeddings for AI apps. Simple Python and JavaScript APIs.
Chroma is open source and simpler. Pinecone is managed with more features. Chroma for getting started; Pinecone for scale.
RAG applications, semantic search, recommendations. Any app that needs vector similarity search.