Managed services - verified
Chroma Cloud
Chroma Cloud is listed under managed services (deployment type: managed serverless). First listed price, in its own unit: $0, plan price per month plus usage (Starter). Max dimensions: 4,096. Stated: hybrid and sparse search. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 18, 2026.
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Status
- Availability label
- Not stated
No GA or preview label for Chroma Cloud is stated on the pricing or docs pages checked.
How Chroma Cloud charges
Every price Chroma Cloud states, in its own unit, with the quote and where it comes from. Nothing is converted.
| Price | Unit, as stated | Quote and source | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan price or monthly minimum | |||
| $0 | plan price per month plus usage (Starter) | “Starter $0/month + usage Get up and running quickly.” | - |
| $250 | plan price per month plus usage (Team) | “Team $250/month + usage Scale your production use cases. $100 credits then usage-based pricing.” | - |
| Other units, one row eachnot sorted: no two rows share a unit | |||
| $2.50 | per GiB written | “Writeper GiB written $2.50” | - |
| $0.0075 | per TiB queried | “Queryper TiB queried $0.0075” | - |
| $0.09 | per GiB returned | “Networkper GiB returned $0.09” | - |
| Per GiB-month stored | |||
| $0.33 | per GiB-month stored | “Storageper GiB per month $0.33” | - |
Plan labels in brackets come from the pricing table's column headings, which the quoted cell text does not always repeat.
Free tier and limits
- Free tier
Starter: $0 per month with $5 in free credits
“Starter planper month + $5 in free credits $0”
trychroma.com - Limits
Up to 1,000,000 collections and 5,000,000 records per collection (quotas, most can be raised on request)
“Maximum number of collections 1,000,000 Maximum number of records per collection 5,000,000”
docs.trychroma.com
Search and indexing
- Max dimensions
4,096
“Maximum embedding dimensions 4,096”
docs.trychroma.com - Distance metrics
l2, cosine, ip
“The default is l2 (squared L2 norm), and other possible values are cosine (cosine similarity), and ip (inner product).”
docs.trychroma.com - Index types
SPANN
“In Distributed Chroma and Chroma Cloud collections, we use a SPANN (Spacial Approximate Nearest Neighbors) index to perform approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search.”
docs.trychroma.com - Hybrid and sparse search
Yes: dense, sparse and hybrid search; full-text and regex search
“Vector Search Dense, sparse, and hybrid search.”
docs.trychroma.com “Full-Text & Regex Search Keyword and regex search over your data without embeddings.”
docs.trychroma.com - Metadata filtering
Yes
“Metadata Filtering Filter results at query time by metadata conditions.”
docs.trychroma.com - Multi-tenancy
Databases and collections (Starter: 10 databases; Team: 100 databases)
“- $0 + usage - 10 databases - 10 team members”
trychroma.com “- $250 + usage - 100 databases - 30 team members”
trychroma.com
Built-in embedding and reranking
- Built-in embedding
- Not stated
The embedding functions page describes client-side embedding functions (local libraries or third-party APIs); a hosted embedding service in Chroma Cloud is not stated on the pages checked.
- Built-in reranking
- Not stated
Not stated on the pricing, limits, introduction or collection configuration pages checked.
Deployment, license and SDKs
- Regions and clouds
- Not stated
Not stated on the pricing or limits pages checked.
- BYOC and self-host
Self-host the open-source version or use Chroma Cloud; BYOC not stated
“Run it locally, self-host, or use Chroma Cloud for a managed, serverless experience.”
docs.trychroma.com - License
Apache-2.0 (open-source Chroma)
“Chroma is licensed under Apache 2.0.”
docs.trychroma.com - SDKs
Python, TypeScript, Rust
Note: Language tabs shown in the docs
“You can generate them locally with an installed library or remotely through an API. - Python - TypeScript - Rust”
docs.trychroma.com
Vendor-stated claims
Performance, scale and SLA figures as Chroma Cloud states them. Not measured.
No performance, scale or SLA figure is recorded from the pages checked.
Research notes
Pricing is usage-based on data written, stored, queried and returned. Quotas page: "Most quotas can be increased upon request."
FAQ
How much does Chroma Cloud cost?
In Chroma Cloud's own units: $0 (plan price per month plus usage (Starter)); $250 (plan price per month plus usage (Team)); $2.50 (per GiB written); $0.33 (per GiB-month stored); $0.0075 (per TiB queried); $0.09 (per GiB returned). As of October 18, 2026; prices are not converted.
What is the maximum vector dimension in Chroma Cloud?
4,096, per the vendor: "Maximum embedding dimensions 4,096"
Does Chroma Cloud support hybrid search?
Yes: dense, sparse and hybrid search; full-text and regex search, per the vendor: "Vector Search Dense, sparse, and hybrid search."
Does Chroma Cloud have built-in embedding or reranking?
Embedding: not stated. The embedding functions page describes client-side embedding functions (local libraries or third-party APIs); a hosted embedding service in Chroma Cloud is not stated on the pages checked. Reranking: not stated. Not stated on the pricing, limits, introduction or collection configuration pages checked.
Sources
Last verified from each vendor's own docs, pricing pages, READMEs and license files; every quote was string-matched against the page that day. This is a dated snapshot, not a benchmark: prices are shown in each product's own unit and change without notice, so check the linked source before you commit.
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