# Chroma — AI Compare Ninja

> Serverless vector, full-text, and metadata search with usage-based Chroma Cloud billing.

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Databases, vector search & SQL)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Current manufacturer pricing for Chroma Cloud. The open-source software and cloud offers are described separately.
- **Paid from:** $250 / Month (Team)
- **Free access:** Free plan
- **Website:** https://www.trychroma.com/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/chroma

## What it does
- Vector, full-text, and metadata search
- Starter and Team plus usage
- Price for writes, storage, queries, and returns
- Starter and Team credits
- Enterprise with single tenant and BYOC

## In brief
Chroma Cloud offers serverless vector, full-text, and metadata search. Starter costs $0 plus usage with $5 starter credits; Team costs $250 plus usage with $100 credits.

Usage charges are $2.50 per GiB written, $0.33 per GiB-month stored, $0.0075 per TiB queried, and $0.09 per GiB returned.


## Limits
Chroma Cloud charges $2.50 per GiB written, $0.33 per GiB-month stored, $0.0075 per TiB queried, and $0.09 per GiB returned. Starter has $5 and Team $100 included credits; included Team credits do not roll over.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | free | Month | $0 plus usage; $5 starter credits; 10 databases; 10 team members |
| Team | $250 | Month | $250 plus usage; $100 included credits; 100 databases; 30 team members |
| Enterprise | contact sales | Contract | Custom pricing; Unlimited databases and team members; Dedicated support, single tenant, and BYOC |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://www.trychroma.com/pricing
- https://docs.trychroma.com/cloud/pricing

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/chroma*