Chroma
Open-source search & retrieval database with a hosted cloud for vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search.
At a Glance
Get started with Chroma at no cost with $5 in free credits; usage-based billing and 10 databases.
Try Chroma for 14 days with access to Free trial available.
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Updated Feb 2026
About Chroma
Chroma is an AI-native, open-source search and retrieval database used for semantic search and RAG. It supports vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search, and ships with Python and TypeScript clients. Developers can run Chroma locally for rapid prototyping or use Chroma Cloud to scale to terabytes with an object-storage–backed, serverless architecture. The cloud offers a web dashboard, API keys, collaboration, and usage-based pricing.
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Pricing
Starter
Get started with Chroma at no cost with $5 in free credits; usage-based billing and 10 databases.
- $5 in free credits; usage-based billing
- 10 databases
- 10 team members
- Community Slack access
- Usage rates: $2.50/GiB written, $0.33/GiB-month stored, $0.0075/TiB queried + $0.09/GiB returned
Free Trial
Try Chroma for 14 days with access to Free trial available.
- Free trial available
Team
Designed for teams with $100 in included usage; then usage-based billing and 100 databases and collaboration features.
- $100 in included usage; then usage-based billing
- 100 databases
- 30 team members
- Slack support
- SOC II
- Volume-based discounts
- Same usage rates as Starter
Enterprise
Enterprise-grade solution with Custom pricing and Unlimited databases and team members and dedicated support.
- Custom pricing
- Unlimited databases and team members
- Dedicated support
- Single-tenant or BYOC clusters
- SLAs
Capabilities
Key Features
- Vector search (semantic similarity)
- Full-text search and regex querying
- Metadata filters on collections and records
- Collection forking and collaboration
- Object-storage–backed persistence (cloud)
- Python and TypeScript client SDKs
- Dashboard for browsing/searching data and managing API keys
- Serverless scaling with low-latency reads
- LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Mastra integrations
- CLI and client/server deployment options
Integrations
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