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Pinecone

Managed vector database infrastructure for machine learning applications

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Available worldwide

What is Pinecone?

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

Pinecone pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $20/moHybridFree tier21-day trial

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

Starter

Free
Free

For trying out and for small applications

egress
1GB/mo
indexes
5
storage
2GB
namespaces
100 per index
read_units
1M/mo
write_units
2M/mo
input_tokens
500k/mo
output_tokens
300k/mo
reranking_requests
500/mo
inference_embedding_tokens
5M/mo
  • Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
  • Console Metrics
  • Community Support via Discord
  • USA region only

Builder

$20/month flat

For solo developers and small teams

egress
10GB/mo
indexes
10 per project
storage
10GB
namespaces
1,000 per index
write_units
5M/mo
output_tokens
1M/mo
reranking_requests
1,000/mo
inference_embedding_tokens
10M/mo
  • Everything in Starter
  • Increased usage limits
  • Multiple projects and users
  • Any cloud and region
  • Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
  • Free support, with response SLAs via Developer/Pro support add-on

Standard

$50/month minimum + usage-based. 3-week free trial with $300 credits.

For production applications at any scale

indexes
20 per project
storage
Unlimited
namespaces
200 per index
  • Everything in Builder
  • Unlimited storage
  • Pay-as-you-go Database On-Demand, Inference, and Assistant usage
  • Dedicated Read Nodes
  • Import from object storage
  • Backup and Restore
  • RBAC
  • SSO (SAML 2.0)
  • HIPAA add-on available

Enterprise

$500/month minimum + usage-based

For mission-critical production applications

indexes
200 per project
uptime_sla
99.95%
  • Everything in Standard
  • 99.95% Uptime SLA
  • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
  • Private Endpoints
  • Customer Managed Encryption Keys
  • Audit Logs
  • Service Accounts
  • SAML roles
  • SCIM
  • HIPAA Compliance included

Bring Your Own Cloud

Contact sales
Contact sales

For organizations requiring the highest level of security and control

  • 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

Add-ons

  • HIPAA add-on$190/mo

What Pinecone does

The capabilities that matter for vector databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Deployment
Managed
Serverless / consumption pricing
✓
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
HNSW, DiskANN
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
cosine
Query
Metadata filtering
Post-filter
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
✓
Built-in BM25 / lexical
✓
Storage
Quantization
-
On-disk vs in-memory
Tiered
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
✓
Horizontal scale
Sharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
Eventual
Licensing
Licence class
Proprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
Dedicated DBMS
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (17)

Independently observed
cloud_provider
  • AWS⇄•
  • Google Cloud Platform⇄•
  • Microsoft Azure⇄•
data_source
  • Google Drive←•
communication
  • Slack⇄
hosting
  • Vercel⇄
llm
  • Claude⇄
monitoring
  • Datadog→•
  • Prometheus→•
ide
  • Cursor
development
  • Vercel AI SDK⇄•
  • Azure OpenAI
  • GitHub CoPilot
  • Azure Marketplace
  • Microsoft Marketplace
  • GCP•
  • Azure•

Security & compliance

Independently observed
  • SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive

Pinecone FAQ

Common questions about Pinecone, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Pinecone?

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. It is indexed under Vector Databases.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/

Is Pinecone free?

Pinecone offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.10 per egress. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/

What platforms does Pinecone support?

We have confirmed browser-based access to Pinecone. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/

Can Pinecone be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pinecone, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/

What does Pinecone integrate with?

We have confirmed 15 integrations for Pinecone, including Azure OpenAI, GitHub CoPilot, Azure Marketplace, Microsoft Marketplace, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure and Google Drive, plus 7 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/

What security certifications does Pinecone have?

We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Pinecone. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pinecone not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://www.pinecone.io/security/

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Balanced composite 75 / 100
high · 75%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Security posture800.129.8✓
Reliability980.076.6✓
Pricing transparency1000.055.4✓
Capabilities670.042.5✓
Price level500.042.1✓
Integrations270.041.2✓

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesAnn index: HNSW, DiskANN · Deployment: managed · Serverless: Yes · Consistency: eventual · Storage tier: tiered · Hybrid search: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count8mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-09-07 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 20 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.95mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-09-07 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-09-07 · 75%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-09-07 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-09-07 · 75%
CertificationsSOC 2 Type IImediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Trust centerhttps://www.pinecone.io/security/mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
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