Chroma DB Alternatives

Chroma DB is described as 'Open-source search and retrieval database for AI applications' and is an app in the business & commerce category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Chroma DB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Chroma DB alternative is Algolia. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Algolia or Elasticsearch. Other great apps like Chroma DB are OpenSearch, Golem, Apache Solr and Manticore search.

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  1. Sphinx is a software search engine designed with indexing database content in mind. It currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ODBC-compliant databases as data sources natively. Other data sources can be indexed via pipe in a custom XML format.

    46 Sphinx (search engine) alternatives

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Apache Lucene icon
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    High-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross-platform. Apache Lucene is a open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Vast.ai icon
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    GPU Sharing Economy: One simple interface to find the best cloud GPU rentals. Reduce cloud compute costs by 3X to 5X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
     
  4. Whoosh icon
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    Whoosh is a library of classes and functions for indexing text and then searching the index. It allows you to develop custom search engines for your content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Pinecone icon
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    Fully-managed vector database providing lightning-fast, relevant search with developer-focused APIs, effortless scalability, metadata filters, transparent usage-based pricing, multi-cloud support, easy integration, unstructured data handling, and no need for infrastructure upkeep.

    14 Pinecone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Online
     
  6. Toshi icon
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    Toshi is meant to be a full-text search engine similar to Elasticsearch. Toshi strives to be to Elasticsearch what Tantivy is to Lucene.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. RediSearch icon
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    Redisearch implements a search engine on top of Redis, but unlike other Redis search libraries, it does not use internal data structures like sorted sets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8.  2 likes

    Elasticlunr.js, lightweight full-text search engine in Javascript for browser search and offline search. Elasticlunr.js is developed based on Lunr.js, but more flexible than lunr.js. Elasticlunr.js provides Query-Time boosting and field search.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Low End Box icon
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    Low End Box is dedicated for running websites and services on low end dedicated servers/virtual private servers, where you only need to pay a few dollars a month to get full root access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. i-Search Pro changes the way of WordPress Search. It’s full WooCommerce compatible. Provide Live search results in milliseconds. Include almost everything in your search results.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • wordpress i-search pro is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Chroma DB.

    • wordpress i-search pro is Paid and ProprietaryChroma DB is Freemium and Open Source
  11. Site Search 360 icon
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    An intelligent yet easy-to-install site search for any website. Simply start typing to get search autosuggestions and semantically enriched structured data at your fingertips.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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