Open-source vector database with a hosted cloud. Usage-based pricing for writes, storage and queries, with a $0 Starter plan and a $250/month Team plan.
Developers building retrieval or agent-memory features who want a vector database that starts at $0 base cost and bills only for data written, stored and queried.
Teams that need a fixed, predictable monthly bill: every plan bills usage on top of the base price, and the service pauses when a usage limit is reached. Also not for buyers who need public Enterprise pricing, since that tier is quote-only.
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Chroma lists three plans: Starter at $0/month plus usage with $5 in free credits, Team at $250/month plus usage with $100 in credits, and Enterprise at custom pricing. The page shows a $ sign without naming a currency code, and usage is billed on top of the base price.
The pricing page lists writes at $2.50 per GiB written, storage at $0.33 per GiB per month, queries at $0.0075 per TiB queried, and network at $0.09 per GiB returned. These rates apply on top of the Starter or Team base price.
According to the pricing page, exceeding a usage limit pauses the service until the limit is changed. This applies both to limits you set yourself and to limits set by Chroma, so set limits deliberately to avoid unexpected downtime in production.
No. The Enterprise plan is listed as custom pricing with unlimited databases and team members, dedicated support, single-tenant clusters, bring-your-own-cloud clusters and SLAs. You need to contact Chroma for a quote, so the cost cannot be estimated from the public page.
Starter lists community Slack support. Team lists Slack support, SOC II and volume-based discounts. Enterprise lists dedicated support and SLAs. If you need contractual response times, the pricing page only attributes SLAs to the Enterprise plan.
Facts sourced from the vendor’s own site, last verified 2026-10-29.
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