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Chroma Cloud

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Chroma Cloud Databases and KV

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www.trychroma.com/pricing · vector database · databases-kv/chroma-cloud · JSON · compare

Free tier	Starter is USD 0 with USD 5 of free credits; usage-based after the credits are spent unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	no tier cap; the USD 5 of credits is the ceiling
Retention	until the credits are spent
Egress	usage-based
Identity	card email for Starter; a card once the credits are gone
Limits	request-rate USD 5 of credits, which is a spend cap and not a tier source
Binding	request-rate
Interface	rest, cli a REST API; Python and JS clients; the open-source server is self-hostable
Tooling	the chromadb client libraries
Composes with	self-host the Apache-2.0 core on a free VM instead; the hosted Starter is a trial with a spend cap
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	Advertised as free and it is a trial. The $5 is a spend cap, and a spend cap that small is a fortnight of a real index rather than a tier.
Evidence rung	documented the pricing page was read today.
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	www.trychroma.com/pricing	Starter is listed at USD 0 plus USD 5 of free credits, with usage-based billing after

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$.reliability_note none-observed

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