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Chroma vs Qdrant
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| Fact | Chroma | Qdrant |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Rust |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 29k | 35k |
| Latest | 1.5.9 | v1.19.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 9 days between releases | about 31 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 9 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 41+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Pinecone. Alternatives to Pinecone →
PartialChromaEmbedded or client-server vector store, aimed at LLM applications.
Full replacementQdrantVector search with payload filtering, quantisation and hybrid search.
Chroma
- latest2025-04-01Latestpre-release
- 1.5.92026-05-05Version: 1.5.9
- cli-1.4.42026-05-05CLI release.
- foundation-cli-v0.1.0-alpha.32026-05-01fix release workflow: use rust/foundation/target for standalone workspace binary pathpre-release
- 1.5.82026-04-16Version: 1.5.8
Qdrant
- v1.19.22026-10-05- Don't rewrite full sparse posting list on every upsert, making sparse vector upserts significantly faster
- v1.19.12026-09-04- Speed up and saturate memory bandwidth in quantized scoring with prefetching
- v1.19.02026-08-05- TurboQuant 4-bit as a datatype of primary vector storage. Only store 4-bit quantized vectors and spare disk space on…
- v1.18.32026-07-17- Fix query errors when using shard keys while resharding
- v1.18.22026-06-04- Log slow operations during shard WAL recovery
Chroma
✓ signed The latest release, 1.5.9, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Qdrant
✓ signed The latest release, v1.19.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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