vioscaleAI
Comparison

Pinecone vs Weaviate

On the evidence we track, Pinecone leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Pinecone75
Weaviate63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Pinecone75 / 100high · 75%
Weaviate63 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Model
Pineconefreemium
Weaviatefreemium
Price level
Pineconemid
Weaviatelow
Starting price
Pinecone$20
Weaviate–
Transparent
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✗
Integrations
Count
Pinecone8
Weaviate25
Security
Certifications
PineconeSOC 2 Type II
Weaviate–
Disclosure policy
Pinecone–
Weaviate✓
Gdpr
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Hipaa
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Iso27001
Pinecone✓
Weaviate–
Scorecard
Pinecone–
Weaviate6.7
Soc2
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Pinecone99.95
Weaviate99.95
Status page
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Pinecone–
Weaviate15
Github stars
Pinecone–
Weaviate16,788
Activity
Commits last 30d
Pinecone–
Weaviate100
Release
Cadence days
Pinecone–
Weaviate1
History
Pinecone–
Weaviate20 items
License
Spdx
Pinecone–
WeaviateBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
Pinecone–
WeaviateGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Pinecone6 items
Weaviate7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
PineconeManaged
WeaviateSelf-hosted
Serverless / consumption pricing
Pinecone✓
Weaviate-
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
PineconeHNSW, DiskANN
WeaviateHNSW
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
Pineconecosine
Weaviate-
Query
Metadata filtering
PineconePost-filter
Weaviate-
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Built-in BM25 / lexical
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Storage
Quantization
Pinecone-
WeaviateProduct
On-disk vs in-memory
PineconeTiered
Weaviate-
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Horizontal scale
PineconeSharded / distributed
WeaviateSharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
PineconeEventual
Weaviate-
Licensing
Licence class
PineconeProprietary
WeaviatePermissive OSS
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
PineconeDedicated DBMS
WeaviateDedicated DBMS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Pinecone

Leader

A hosted vector database platform that enables developers to build AI-powered applications with vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, and semantic matching capabilities. It abstracts away infrastructure complexity with automatic scaling and pay-per-use pricing.

Independently observed

Weaviate

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that supports hybrid search, metadata filtering, and scalable deployments. It enables developers to build AI applications with semantic search capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Pinecone

Leader
from $20/moHybridFree tier21-day trial

Free tier available. Paid plans from $20/month; production plans $50–$500/month minimum plus usage-based charges.

  • StarterFree
    • Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
    • Console Metrics
    • Community Support via Discord
    • USA region only
  • Builder$20/month flat
    • Everything in Starter
    • Increased usage limits
    • Multiple projects and users
    • Any cloud and region
    • Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
    • +1 more
  • Standard$50/month minimum + usage-based. 3-week free trial with $300 credits.
    • Everything in Builder
    • Unlimited storage
    • Pay-as-you-go Database On-Demand, Inference, and Assistant usage
    • Dedicated Read Nodes
    • Import from object storage
    • +4 more
  • Enterprise$500/month minimum + usage-based
    • Everything in Standard
    • 99.95% Uptime SLA
    • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
    • Private Endpoints
    • Customer Managed Encryption Keys
    • +5 more
  • Bring Your Own CloudContact sales
    • Pinecone runs in customer's cloud account and VPC
    • Zero-access operations – no SSH, VPN, or inbound access
    • Outbound-only operations with auditable trail
    • AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, or Azure Private Link
as of verify ↗

Weaviate

HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
CLI
Pinecone✗
Weaviate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Pinecone✓
Weaviate✓
Self-hosted
Pinecone✗
Weaviate✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Pinecone

Leader
17 total
  • Azure OpenAI
  • GitHub CoPilot
  • Azure Marketplace
  • Microsoft Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Drive
  • Slack
  • Vercel
  • Claude
  • Datadog
  • Prometheus
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Cursor
  • Vercel AI SDK
Independently observed

Weaviate

Not documented yet.

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.