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ChromaDB

Free tier
Vector Databases

Platforms: mac, windows, linux | Last verified: 2026-04-20

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

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