# Chroma

Chroma is open-source search infrastructure for AI under Apache 2.0, combining vector, sparse, full-text, regex and metadata search in one query interface. Chroma Cloud runs the same codebase as a serverless managed service on object storage, and Bring Your Own Cloud deploys it inside a customer's VPC. Replit has announced it is acquiring Chroma and that Chroma Cloud winds down over 60 days, while open-source ChromaDB continues.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/chroma · data of 2026-11-02

## Facts

- Founded: 2022
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, United States
- Employees: 11–50
- Latest funding: Seed
- Deployment: Open-source self-hosted, serverless managed Chroma Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud in the customer's VPC.
- Best for: Developers building retrieval-augmented generation prototypes, who get a fast start locally, and teams that later need a managed or self-hosted search system.
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II

## Products

- ChromaDB: Open-source database for vector, full-text, regex and metadata search, licensed under Apache 2.0 and runnable locally or self-hosted.
- Chroma Cloud: Fully managed, serverless version of Chroma built on object storage with automatic data tiering.
- Chroma Sync: Serverless data ingestion that connects S3 buckets, GitHub repositories and websites, then parses, chunks and embeds them.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vector Databases | 6 of 30 | 18.6 | 32 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 22.2 | 44.4% |
| google_ai_mode | 20.9 | 44.4% |
| perplexity | 12.6 | 29.6% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Chroma AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/chroma, data of 2026-11-02. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).