Chroma vs Pinecone
ChromaDatabase Tools
$0.33/GiB/monthPublished price
PineconeDatabase as a Service
From $20 / moPublished price
Chroma Database Tools The open-source embedding database. | Pinecone Database as a Service Vector database for AI. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Database Tools | Database as a Service |
| What it is | 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. | Pinecone provides a fully managed vector database that makes it easy to build high-performance AI applications with semantic search, RAG, and recommendation capabilities. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published 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… | From $20 / mo Vendor pricing: Starter free ($0). Builder $20/mo flat (higher limits, multiple projects). Standard $50/mo minimum usage and Enterprise $500/mo minimum, both pay-as-you-go: storag… |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Tiered plans |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2019 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | LangChain users, LlamaIndex users, AI startups | Notion, Gong, Shopify |