Alternatives to Chroma
Other Search and vector infrastructure vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Chroma does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 25 that differ from Chroma on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Chroma has 4 gaps in what we could measure: Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and Chroma does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Chroma does not | Chroma publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zillizzilliz.com | 30/100 | 2 Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +2 | Compare |
| Pineconepinecone.io | 70/100 | 1 Status page with history | 1 Subprocessor list | Compare |
| Gleanglean.com | 57/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 2 Data processing agreement, Public pricing | Compare |
| Meilisearchmeilisearch.com | 39/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Cludocludo.com | 35/100 | 1 Status page with history | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named, +2 | Compare |
| Marqomarqo.ai | 30/100 | 1 Status page with history | 6 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +3 | Compare |
| Nostonosto.com | 30/100 | 1 Status page with history | 6 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +3 | Compare |
| LanceDBlancedb.com | 26/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +2 | Compare |
| Luigis Boxluigisbox.com | 22/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | 7 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +4 | Compare |
| Coveocoveo.com | 9/100 | 1 Status page with history | 8 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +5 | Compare |
| Addsearchaddsearch.com | 52/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Subprocessor list, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Dashworksdashworks.ai | 43/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.