Chroma Self-Hosted

Explore this developer service’s free allowance, critical restrictions and official documentation before deploying.

INCLUDED FREE ALLOWANCE

Free Apache-2.0 open-source vector database for embeddings and similarity search, available as an embedded local store or self-hosted client/server; no vendor-imposed software vector or query quota.

Plan details

Plan: Ongoing free allowance
Credit card: Not required
Commercial use: Allowed
Last checked: 2026-10-26

Important restrictions

Self-hosted Chroma is distinct from metered Chroma Cloud with introductory $5 credits. You provide storage, backups, access controls, hosting and any external embedding-model/API costs; production scaling and security are your responsibility.

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