Chroma review

Yes, a free tier is listed on the pricing page. That means you can stand up a collection and run queries before committing any spend, which suits prototypes and evaluation work. When usage grows, storage is billed at $0.33.

Entry pricing starts at $0, and a free tier is available alongside it. The database group median entry price is €4.38, so Chroma starts well below the middle of the group. Your running cost then depends on how much data you store.

Storage is priced at $0.33 on the pricing page. Because a vector index grows as you add documents and embeddings, storage tends to be the line that moves as your project matures. Budget for it before you reach production volume.

Support runs on email, help centre and community. The help centre covers common questions, the community forum handles shared problems, and email suits account specifics. Live chat and phone are not listed among the channels.

Yes. The free tier lets you build a collection, add data and run queries at no cost, and entry pricing starts at $0. That makes it easy to test retrieval quality with your own documents before a purchase decision.

The service is operated by Chroma Inc., named in the website terms. That entity is the one to list for contracts, invoices and vendor records if your team needs a named counterparty.

Chroma's entry price of $0 is the lowest of the three compared here, against $0.23 for RisingWave, $0.96 for UCloud and $2.50 for Vultr. On entry cost Chroma leads, so the real comparison is what happens to storage as your data grows.

The pricing page lists entry pricing of $0 and storage at $0.33, with a free tier available. Storage-led billing means the figure you start with is not the figure you end with, so model growth early rather than assuming the entry price holds.