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Chroma Cloud database

Sign up for Chroma Cloud, create a database in a region, and copy the Connect panel's CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_TENANT and CHROMA_DATABASE values.

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · Chroma · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.
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Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Sign up for Chroma Cloud

    The person signs up at trychroma.com. verapli never creates the account.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit

    Where: https://www.trychroma.com/signup

  2. Create a database

    Create a database in the dashboard and choose its region (a database lives in one region).

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Sign up for Chroma Cloud

  3. Copy the Connect panel values

    Open the database's Connect panel and copy the .env block with CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_TENANT and CHROMA_DATABASE; for a non-default region also use that region's host.

    • verapli co-pilot
    • After: Create a database

    verapli captures CHROMA_API_KEY here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

    Where: https://www.trychroma.com/

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
CHROMA_API_KEYsecretChroma Cloud API key.
CHROMA_TENANTnot secretTenant ID.
CHROMA_DATABASEnot secretDatabase name.

Pricing

  • Free tier: $5 credits for new users.
  • Costs: Usage-based writes, reads and storage ($0.33 per GiB-month storage).

Source [3]

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/chroma/cloud · requirements /api/v1/requirements/chroma/cloud · terms /api/v1/terms/chroma/cloud.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for Chroma Cloud database, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "chroma/cloud" }

Sources

  1. Chroma Cloud getting started Sign up for free at trychroma.com/signup; each database lives in a single region chosen in the dashboard or API; default endpoint api.trychroma.com, EU endpoint europe-west1.gcp.trychroma.com. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. Chroma clients CloudClient reads CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_TENANT and CHROMA_DATABASE env vars; the dashboard Connect panel generates a snippet with a .env block for the database's region. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Chroma Cloud pricing $5 credits for new users; usage-based writes $2.50 per GiB, reads $0.0075 per TiB queried and $0.09 per GiB returned, storage $0.33 per GiB-month. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. Stripe Projects provider catalogue Chroma is listed in the Stripe Projects catalogue as chroma/database (Database, AI). · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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