Chroma
8.7#1 in ai databasesFrom $250 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitChroma vs SQLite
What both publish
| Fact | Chroma | SQLite |
|---|---|---|
| Company legal name | The terms identify the service provider as Chroma Inc. | Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc. (Hwaci) is identified as SQLite's developer and an independent software development and consulting firm. |
| Deployment | The maker says Chroma can run locally with pip, npm, or Docker, on Chroma Cloud, or in a customer’s own VPC. | The project says SQLite is embedded in billions of applications and is the world's most widely deployed database engine. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | Chroma is released under the Apache 2.0 licence. | SQLite source code is dedicated to the public domain and may be used for any purpose. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.2 out of 5 from 6 reviews. | 4.3 out of 5 from 260 reviews |
Chroma plans
- Team$250 a month
- StarterFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
SQLite plans
- SQLiteFree
- Public ForumFree
- Annual Maintenance Subscription$1,500 a year
- SQLite Encryption Extension (SEE)$2,000, paid once
- CEROD$2,000, paid once
- ZIPVFS$4,000, paid once
Pick Chroma if…
Chroma suits developers building AI applications that need embedding storage, search, and retrieval across multiple data types. It offers local, cloud, and customer-VPC deployment options.
Pick SQLite if…
SQLite suits developers who need device-local database storage, have low writer concurrency, and expect less than a terabyte of content.