Is Chroma Cloud free?

Yes. Chroma Cloud has a Starter plan at $0/month.

What is the cheapest paid Chroma Cloud plan?

Team starts at $250/month, then $0.33 per extra GB storage.

How much does Chroma Cloud cost for 20 GB storage?

At 20 GB storage per month, the cheapest option is Starter at about $6.60/month before taxes and add-ons.

How is Chroma Cloud billed?

Starter is pure pay-as-you-go. Team adds a $250/month commitment with credits.

What are the best Chroma Cloud alternatives?

Popular alternatives are Pinecone, Qdrant Cloud. Compare their plans side by side on this page.

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Q: How much does Chroma Cloud cost?

Chroma Cloud has 3 plans: Starter ($0/mo, then $0.33 per GB storage); Team ($250/mo, then $0.33 per GB storage); Enterprise (Custom quote).

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Starts at: $250/mo
Free plan: Yes
Plans: 3
Billed by: GB storage

Plans at a glance

Chroma Cloud plans and prices

Estimated from public pricing

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Chroma Cloud cost calculator

Storage

20 GB

Starter estimate

$6.60/mo

$0/mo, then $0.33 per GB storage

Estimate covers the main usage meter only; taxes and add-ons are excluded.

Chroma Cloud plans at 20

vs alternatives (cheapest plan)

How much does Chroma Cloud cost per month?


2	$0.66	$251	Custom
10	$3.30	$253	Custom
20	$6.60	$257	Custom
100	$33	$283	Custom
400	$132	$382	Custom

Starter: $0.66
Team: $251
Enterprise: Custom

Starter: $3.30
Team: $253
Enterprise: Custom

Starter: $6.60
Team: $257
Enterprise: Custom

100

Starter: $33
Team: $283
Enterprise: Custom

400

Starter: $132
Team: $382
Enterprise: Custom

Cheapest plan per volume highlighted. "—" means the plan does not allow that volume.

Chroma Cloud plan feature comparison


Backups & restore	None	Backups	Custom
Branching	Not included	Not included	Not included
Compute	Serverless	Serverless	Dedicated / BYOC
Database engine	Vector	Vector	Vector
Regions / clouds	AWS	AWS	Any
Storage	$0.33/GB-month	$0.33/GB-month	Custom
Support	Community	Slack	Dedicated
Uptime SLA	Not included	Not included	SLA

Backups & restore

Starter: None
Team: Backups
Enterprise: Custom

Branching

Starter: Not included
Team: Not included
Enterprise: Not included

Compute

Starter: Serverless
Team: Serverless
Enterprise: Dedicated / BYOC

Database engine

Starter: Vector
Team: Vector
Enterprise: Vector

Regions / clouds

Starter: AWS
Team: AWS
Enterprise: Any

Storage

Starter: $0.33/GB-month
Team: $0.33/GB-month
Enterprise: Custom

Support

Starter: Community
Team: Slack
Enterprise: Dedicated

Uptime SLA

Starter: Not included
Team: Not included
Enterprise: SLA

How Chroma Cloud pricing works

Chroma Cloud is usage-based: writes per GB, storage per GB-month and queries. New accounts get $5 in credits.

Starter is pure pay-as-you-go.
Team adds a $250/month commitment with credits.

Chroma Cloud is best for

Python and JS AI prototypes

Local-first development

Simple RAG

Chroma Cloud alternatives

Pinecone

$57/mo at 20

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Qdrant Cloud

$22/mo at 20

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Source: official Chroma Cloud pricing page. Estimated. Prices change — confirm before buying.