Chroma · FinOps Profile

Chroma Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Chroma Cloud: hybrid Subscription + Pay-As-You-Go on four primitives (Write, Storage, Query, Network) with monthly credits on Starter and Team, and custom-priced Enterprise (including BYOC).

Chroma Finops is the FinOps profile for Chroma on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription + pay-as-you-go.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include AI, Vector Database, Retrieval, Serverless, and FinOps.

Category: AI Infrastructure / Vector Database Pricing: Subscription + Pay-As-You-Go Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
AIVector DatabaseRetrievalServerlessFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseCreditTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Chroma, Inc.
PricingCategory
Pay-As-You-Go
ProviderName
Chroma
PublisherName
Chroma, Inc.
ServiceCategory
AI Infrastructure / Vector Database
ServiceName
Chroma Cloud

Meters

write
Unit: GiB
GiB written into Chroma Cloud collections
storage
Unit: GiB-month
GiB-month of vector and metadata storage
query
Unit: TiB
TiB scanned by similarity, full-text, and metadata queries
network
Unit: GiB
GiB of response data returned over the network
plan_fee
Unit: month
Monthly Team / Enterprise plan fee
seats
Unit: seat
Team member seats consumed (Team / Enterprise)

Sources