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Developer-focused vector database for embedding storage and retrieval in AI apps.
Chroma Cloud’s public pricing is straightforward: start free, then pay for what you use. The official pricing page presents a $0 Starter plan with $5 in free credits, a $250 per month Team plan with $100 in credits, and a quote-only Enterprise tier for organizations that need custom terms. On top of plan fees, Chroma publishes usage rates for writes, reads, storage, forking, and Sync, so monthly spend is driven by actual workload rather than a single flat subscription. That makes the product easy to evaluate for prototypes and small deployments, while still giving larger teams a path to dedicated support, single-tenant options, BYOC deployments, and SLAs. Public docs also say plan changes are prorated to the calendar month and that the Team plan’s included usage does not rollover, so buyers should pay close attention to steady-state usage once they move beyond the free credits.
Usage-based cloud pricing with free credits on the Starter entry point, a paid Team plan, and quote-only Enterprise pricing; open-source self-hosted use is described as free in third-party references.
Chroma Cloud is billed monthly and uses usage-based pricing across writes, reads, storage, forking, and Sync. The official pricing page says Starter includes $5 in free credits and Team includes $100 credits; the docs say most credits do not expire, but the Team plan’s $100 of included usage does not rollover. Credit card is currently accepted for Starter and Team, while Enterprise supports configurable billing methods. The docs also say plan changes are prorated to the calendar month, and volume-based discounts are listed on Team. Public pages do not disclose a standard annual discount or minimum seat commitment beyond the listed team-member caps.
Usage-based pricing applies after included credits. The pricing page lists write, storage, query, and network charges, including $2.50 per GiB written, $0.33 per GiB per month stored, $0.0075 per TiB queried, and $0.09 per GiB returned.
The included $100 of usage does not rollover. After credits, usage-based charges apply. The public pricing page does not disclose seat-based overages or database overage pricing beyond the stated usage model.
Quote-only tier for organizations prioritizing security, scale, support, and confidence. The public page does not disclose list pricing or published minimum commitments.
Billed for adds, updates, and upserts. The docs say you are billed once per write and not for background compactions or reindexing.
Storage is prorated by the hour and measured in GiB-hours. Cached storage used internally is not billed.
Read charges are based on both query volume and data returned. The docs also explain that full-text and regex filters count as additional query units.
Collection forking is copy-on-write on Chroma Cloud, so unchanged data remains shared and only incremental storage written after the fork is billed.
Sync is usage-based for ingested data processed through Sync, document pages extracted, and web pages scraped.
A solo developer or evaluator wants to try Chroma Cloud before committing to a paid plan.
Expected cost$0 upfront on Starter, plus usage after $5 in credits.A small team needs collaboration features, support, and higher limits for a production pilot.
Expected cost$250 per month plus usage.An enterprise buyer needs dedicated support, private deployment options, or SLAs.
Expected costNot publicly disclosed; quote required.Yes. The official docs say, “We offer $5 in credits to new users.” The public pricing page also shows a Starter plan at $0 per month plus usage. That makes Chroma Cloud easy to evaluate before you commit to a paid plan, although usage charges still apply once credits are consumed.
Chroma publishes usage-based rates for writes, reads, storage, Sync, and forking. The docs say writes are $2.50 per logical GiB written, storage is $0.33 per GiB per month, reads are $0.0075 per TiB queried and $0.09 per GiB returned, and forking is $0.03 per fork request. That means final spend depends heavily on data size and query shape, not just the number of requests.
The Team plan includes $100 credits and the pricing page lists volume-based discounts. The FAQ says the Team plan’s $100 of included usage does not rollover, even though most other credits do not expire in most cases. The page does not disclose a public annual discount or a published minimum contract term.
Enterprise is a quote-only tier with custom pricing. The public page lists unlimited databases, unlimited team members, dedicated support, single tenant clusters, BYOC clusters, and SLAs, but it does not publish a list price. Buyers that need those features must contact Chroma for a quote.
