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Chroma

Open-source vector database for AI agent memory

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreeHot
The FalcoScan Intel Panel/Chroma · Agents
Data updated 13 October 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper Risk
Low
Band
Moat
Narrow
Band · AI Moats
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating
The Brief

What Chroma does

Chroma is the leading open-source embedding database for AI applications, providing vector storage and similarity search for giving agents long-term memory. Used by millions of developers building LLM applications.

How Chroma compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Chroma does. All 5 offer an API, as Chroma does. Chroma offers a web app and a self-hosted version. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, all 3 offer a web app and none offers a self-hosted version. Chroma was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2022 and 2023. Chroma is based in San Francisco, United States; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in France.

Market position · Agents

How Chroma compares in Agents

Chroma has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 412 live Agents tools on FalcoScan. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates Chroma's own market position as open. 179 of the 412 operating Agents tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 10 shutdowns in the category.

Chroma compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsFoundedHQMomentum
ChromaHighOpenFree—YesYesWeb, API, Self-hosted2022San Francisco, United StatesHot
DustHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, API, Slack2022Paris, FranceHot
Phidata AI AgentsHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI2023San Francisco, United StatesHot
AomniHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, API2022San Francisco, United StatesHot
LlamaIndex Data FrameworkHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI2022San Francisco, United StatesStable
Artisan AI SDRHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, API2023San Francisco, United StatesHot
What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Chroma exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
AgentsData ExtractionNlp
Industry Verticals
Developer ToolsSaasResearch
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Questions

Chroma: common questions

Is Chroma free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Chroma as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Chroma?

The closest alternatives to Chroma that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Dust, Phidata AI Agents, Aomni, LlamaIndex Data Framework, and Artisan AI SDR.

Is Chroma still running?

Yes. As of 13 October 2026, FalcoScan lists Chroma as operating at trychroma.com.

Where is Chroma based?

Chroma is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Chroma have an API?

Yes. Chroma offers an API.

Who is Chroma for?

Chroma is built for developers, ai engineers, and ml teams.

How do I sign in to Chroma?

Sign in on Chroma's own website, trychroma.com. FalcoScan reviews Chroma but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Chroma directly.

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