Chroma
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About
Chroma is ranked #38 of 73 in database software on Inferse. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $250/mo.
Compared on database software
- Free plan
- Yestrychroma.com
- Paid from
- $250/motrychroma.com
Facts
- Free plan
- Yestrychroma.com · 22 Sept 2026
- Paid from
- 250trychroma.com · 22 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Chroma is open-source data infrastructure for AI that stores embeddings and metadata and supports search and retrieval across text, images, and other modalities.docs.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Search
- Chroma supports dense, sparse, and hybrid vector search, full-text and regex search, and metadata filtering.docs.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Open source
- Chroma is licensed under Apache 2.0, and the maker says the same codebase powers its open-source database and Chroma Cloud.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Deployment
- The maker says Chroma can run locally with pip, npm, or Docker, on Chroma Cloud, or in a customer’s own VPC.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Embedding integrations
- Documented embedding integrations include OpenAI, Cohere, Google Gemini, Hugging Face, Jina AI, Ollama, and others.docs.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Framework integrations
- Documented framework integrations include LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Streamlit, and DeepEval.docs.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Security
- Chroma Cloud says customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest and that access controls include SSO, role-based access control, and employee MFA.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Compliance
- Chroma Cloud says it completed a SOC 2 Type II examination.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Enterprise deployment
- Enterprise deployment options listed include multi-tenant cloud, single-tenant nodes and clusters, BYOC, and on-premises deployment.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Enterprise options
- The enterprise page lists single-region, multi-region, and multi-cloud regions, active-active and active-passive replication, and AWS, GCP, and Azure.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists Community Slack for Starter, Slack support for Team, and dedicated support for Enterprise.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Usage limits
- The pricing FAQ says exceeding customer-set or Chroma-set usage limits pauses the service until the limit is changed.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Cloud performance limits
- The product page lists 1 million collections per database and 5 million records per collection as technical specifications.trychroma.com · 28 Sept 2026
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- Best Database Software in 2026#38 of 73
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Sources
- trychroma.com/pricing;· checked 22 Sept 2026
- docs.trychroma.com/docs/overview/introduction· checked 28 Sept 2026
- trychroma.com/products/chromadb· checked 28 Sept 2026
- docs.trychroma.com/integrations/chroma-integrations· checked 28 Sept 2026
- trychroma.com/security· checked 28 Sept 2026
- trychroma.com/enterprise· checked 28 Sept 2026
- trychroma.com/pricing· checked 28 Sept 2026