ag vs Chroma
agCode Search Tools
Open sourcePublished price
ChromaDatabase Tools
$0.33/GiB/monthPublished price
ag Code Search Tools A tool for searching code | Chroma Database Tools The open-source embedding database. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Code Search Tools | Database Tools |
| What it is | The Silver Searcher, a code-searching tool similar to ack but 5-10x faster written in C with gitignore support. | Chroma is an open-source embedding database designed for building AI applications with LLMs, providing the simplest way to store, search, and retrieve embeddings for RAG and semantic search. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Open source The Silver Searcher (ag) is open-source command-line search software. It has no paid software plan or commercial starting price. | $0.33/GiB/month Chroma prices hosted usage publicly: storage is $0.33/GiB/month, writes are $2.50/GiB, queries are $0.0075/TiB, network is $0.09/GiB, and Team adds $250/month plus usage. Free cre… |
| Pricing model | Free | Usage-based |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2011 | 2022 |
| Team size | 1-10 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | Not available | LangChain users, LlamaIndex users, AI startups |