Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Deep Lake
Deep Lake clearly comes out ahead of Chroma on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Chroma's paid plans start at $250/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | ai tool |
| Company | Activeloop | Chroma |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsEducation & EdTechAI & Machine Learning | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsAI & Machine Learning |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Deep Lake
freemium
usage based
custom
custom
| Feature | deep-lake | chroma |
|---|---|---|
| Availability 1 Zone | ||
| 10 Databases | ||
| Availability 2+ Zones | ||
| 10 Team Members | ||
| Backups Custom + Export To Your Cloud | ||
| 100 Databases | ||
| Backups Daily, 1-Day Retention | ||
| 30 Team Members | ||
| Backups Daily, Configurable | ||
| Byoc Clusters | ||
| Gpu Memory 8-16 Gb | ||
| Community Slack | ||
| Gpu Memory Configurable | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Security Sso (Google/Microsoft), Mfa | ||
| Single Tenant Clusters | ||
| Security+ Private Networking, S3 Role Access | ||
| Slack Support | ||
| Security+ Saml Sso, Hipaa, Soc2, Cmek | ||
| Slas | ||
| Storage Unlimited | ||
| Soc Ii | ||
| Storage Up To 500 Gb | ||
| Unlimited Databases | ||
| Support 1 Business Day Response | ||
| Unlimited Team Members | ||
| Support 1-Hour Response (24X7 Sev1) | ||
| Support 30-Min Response + Named Engineer |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Deep Lake comes out ahead overall, though Chroma can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Deep Lake and Chroma offer a free tier.
Deep Lake scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
