Fully open-source embedded/self-hosted vector store, the default choice bundled into countless RAG tutorials and frameworks
Chroma is listed under Vector Databases & RAG Infra, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. Fully open-source embedded/self-hosted vector store, the default choice bundled into countless RAG tutorials and frameworks. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at trychroma.com.
Chroma is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 391 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.
Chroma does 3 things the catalog singles out: Fully open-source embedded/self-hosted vector store, the default choice bundled into countless rag tutorials and frameworks; chroma cloud managed tier starts with free usage credits, no subscription; simple python/js-native api designed to be the easiest on-ramp to rag for developers.
Qdrant is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Vector Databases & RAG Infra sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Weaviate also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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