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Comparison

Chroma vs Epsilla

On the evidence we track, Chroma leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Chroma full profile →Epsilla full profile →
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Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute70ChromaLeader69Epsilla
Vioscale score70 / 100low · 45%69 / 100low · 29%
Commits last 30d81-
Github stars28,915-
Package downloads weekly2,914,029-
Options{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}
LongFast, serverless, and scalable infrastructure supporting vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search across terabytes of data. Built on object storage and trusted by millions of developers.Epsilla is an Agent-as-a-Service platform for building and deploying AI agents without engineering overhead, featuring a no-code builder, RAG capabilities, and flexible deployment options.
Capabilities{"deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"storage_tier":"disk_backed","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"permissive_oss","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"horizontal_scale":"sharded_distributed","metadata_filtering":"pre_filter"}{"deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"licence_class":"proprietary","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"parent_feature"}
PrimaryRust-
SpdxApache-2.0-
Availability{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}-
Support{"cli":true,"web":true}{"web":true}
Pricing{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"$0/month + usage","features":["10 databases","10 team members","$5 free credits"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0075,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Get up and running quickly. Free credits then usage-based pricing.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"databases":"10","team_members":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$250/month + usage","features":["100 databases","30 team members","$100 included credits","Slack support","SOC II"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0075,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Scale your production use cases. $100 credits then usage-based pricing.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"databases":"100","team_members":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Unlimited databases","Unlimited team members","Dedicated support","Single tenant clusters","BYOC clusters","SLAs"],"description":"For organizations prioritizing security, scale, support, and confidence.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From free (Starter with $5 credits) or $250/month (Team). Usage-based: $0 write, $2.50/GiB storage, $0.0075/TiB query, $0.09/GiB network.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.trychroma.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:09:33.762Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Tier","summary":"Free","features":["1 Team Member","1 Project","1 AI Application","1 Knowledge Base","10M Vector Storage","50 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Community Support","Data Cleared after 30 Days of Inactivity"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"50/month","projects":"1","team_members":"1","vector_storage":"10M","ai_applications":"1","knowledge_bases":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter Tier","summary":"$29/month","features":["2 Team Members","1 Project","5 AI Applications","5 Knowledge Bases","1G Vector Storage","500 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Email Support"],"minSeats":2,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"500/month","projects":"1","team_members":"2","vector_storage":"1G","ai_applications":"5","knowledge_bases":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional Tier","summary":"$249/month","features":["20 Team Members","10 Projects","50 AI Applications","50 Knowledge Bases","10G Vector Storage","5000 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Dedicated Support Channel","AI Concierge"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":249,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"5000/month","projects":"10","team_members":"20","vector_storage":"10G","ai_applications":"50","knowledge_bases":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"AI Concierge","summary":"$2,499/month","features":["Everything in Professional","Fractional Forward Deployed AI Engineer","Done-For-You AI Agent & Workflow Build-Out","Domain-to-AI Enablement","Weekly Strategy & Review Calls","Custom Integration Support","Priority Support Channel","Ongoing Optimization"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Includes fractional forward deployed AI engineer from Epsilla team","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Tier","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Unlimited Team Members","Unlimited Projects","Unlimited AI Applications","Unlimited Knowledge Bases","Unlimited Vector Storage","Unlimited Messages/Month (any LLM Provider)","Extensive White-Labeling","SSO (SAML and OIDC)","On-Prem Deployment Options","Consulting and Customization","Premium Support with SLAs"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"messages":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","team_members":"Unlimited","vector_storage":"Unlimited","ai_applications":"Unlimited","knowledge_bases":"Unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Team Member","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"AI Application","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"application","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Knowledge Base","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"database","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Vector Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":18,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Messages","components":[{"per":{"qty":100,"unit":"messages"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Remove \"Powered By Epsilla\"","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier through $2,499/month. Custom pricing for Enterprise. Metered add-ons $2–39/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://epsilla.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:12:38.383Z","startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}
Free tierYesYes
Modelcommercialfreemium
Price levelfreemid
Starting gbp029
TransparentYesYes
Cadence days4-
Sla pct-99.9
Status pageYesYes
GdprYes-
Soc2Yes-

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Vector Databases
CapabilityChromaEpsilla
Deployment
DeploymentManagedManaged
Serverless / consumption pricing✓✓
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)--
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)--
Query
Metadata filteringPre-filter-
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)✓-
Built-in BM25 / lexical✓-
Storage
Quantization--
On-disk vs in-memoryDisk-backed-
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)✓✓
Horizontal scaleSharded / distributed-
Consistency
Consistency--
Licensing
Licence classPermissive OSSProprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parentDedicated DBMSFeature of parent

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