ChromaDB

Free tier

Vector Databases

Platforms: mac, windows, linux | Last verified: 2026-04-03

Features

*Open-source embedding database
*Simple Python/JS API
*Metadata filtering
*Local and server modes
*Multi-modal embeddings
*Automatic embedding generation

Pricing

Free: Fully open source, self-hosted is free

Cloud (coming soon)$0/month

Strengths

+Fully open source and free
+Simplest API of any vector DB
+Easy to get started locally
+Great for prototyping and small projects

Limitations

-Less mature than Pinecone/Weaviate
-Limited scaling for production workloads
-Fewer enterprise features

Compare ChromaDB with

Pinecone Weaviate