# Pinecone

> Build Knowledgeable AI

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/pinecone
- **Category:** Vector Databases
- **Homepage:** https://www.pinecone.io
- **Also known as:** pinecone
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:33:39.959Z

## Vioscale score

**75.5 / 100**, confidence 61% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 50 | 0.045 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| reliability | 97.5 | 0.076 | 7.4 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.129 | 8.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 50.5 | 0.061 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 80 | 0.136 | 10.9 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 0.061 | 6.1 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://www.pinecone.io). Independently observed._

from $20/mo · Hybrid · Free tier · 21-day trial

> From $20/month. Free tier available. Standard plan includes 3-week trial with $300 credits.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Starter | Free | ✓ | - |
| Builder | $20/mo | - | - |
| Standard | $50/mo | - | - |
| Enterprise | $500/mo | - | - |
| Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) | Contact sales | - | - |

### Starter

For trying out and for small applications

- Pinecone Database On-Demand
- Pinecone Inference
- Pinecone Assistant
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
- Console
- Metrics
- Community Support via Discord

### Builder

For solo developers and small teams

- Everything in Starter
- Increased usage limits
- Choose your cloud and region
- Multiple projects and users
- Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
- Free support
- Response SLAs available via add-on

### Standard

For production applications at any scale

- Everything in Builder
- Pay-as-you-go beyond minimum
- Dedicated Read Nodes (DRN)
- Import from object storage
- Backup and Restore
- RBAC
- SSO (SAML 2.0)
- HIPAA add-on
- Free support

### Enterprise

For mission-critical production applications

- 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
- Pro support included

### Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) (Contact sales)

Run Pinecone in your own cloud account with zero-access operations

## About

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database built for AI. Writes are instantly searchable, indexing is automatic, and queries stay fast at any scale.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Integrations (50)

_Independently observed._

- Agent Skills
- Cursor Plugin
- Claude Code Plugin
- GitHub Copilot
- Airbyte
- Amazon Bedrock
- Amazon Sagemaker
- AWS Marketplace
- Google Cloud Marketplace
- Microsoft Marketplace
- Cohere
- OpenAI
- Hugging Face
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Datadog
- New Relic
- LangChain
- Llama Index
- Haystack
- Genkit
- n8n
- Zapier
- Terraform
- Pulumi
- Box
- Confluent
- Unstructured
- Vercel
- OctoAI
- Gemini CLI Extension
- Anyscale
- Apify
- Aryn
- Cloudera AI
- Context Data
- Datavolo
- Estuary
- FlowiseAI
- Fleak
- Gathr
- HoneyHive
- Instill AI
- Jina
- Langtrace
- Matillion
- Nexla
- Nuclia
- Redpanda
- StreamNative

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Vector Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 56 | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | mid | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 20 | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.95 | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 48% (low) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 48% (low) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://www.pinecone.io) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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