Pinecone is a managed vector database for AI applications. Serverless indexes support dense, sparse, full-text and hybrid search with metadata filtering, namespaces for multi-tenancy, integrated embedding and reranking models, backups and dedicated read nodes. Pinecone Assistant adds a managed RAG service. A free Starter plan is available; paid plans bill on storage, read and write units.
Pinecone stores vector embeddings and related metadata and returns nearest-neighbor results for semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation and agent memory. An index declares its schema (dense vectors, sparse vectors and full-text fields), and queries can combine them with metadata filters and server-side reranking. Namespaces separate tenants inside one index, and integrated inference lets applications upsert and query with raw text while Pinecone generates the vectors.
It is used by developers building RAG chatbots, semantic search over documents, recommendation features and long-term memory for agents. Official SDKs exist for Python, Node.js, Java and Go, with community SDKs for Ruby, Scala and PHP; integrations include LangChain, LlamaIndex, an MCP server and AI coding tools, and metrics can be exported to Prometheus and Datadog.
The Starter plan is free but restricted to AWS us-east-1, 1 project, 2 users, 5 indexes, 100 namespaces and 2 GB of storage. Builder is a flat $20 per month with higher limits and cloud/region choice. Standard and Enterprise are pay-as-you-go with $50 and $500 monthly minimums, billing storage per GB-month and read/write units per million at rates that vary by cloud and region, plus optional support plans and a HIPAA add-on. Bring Your Own Cloud is priced through sales.
Free plan available; paid plans from USD 20 per month
Free
Limits: 2 GB storage; 2M write units per month; 1M read units per month; 1 GB egress per month; 5 indexes; 100 namespaces; 1 project; up to 2 users; AWS us-east-1 only; 5M embedding tokens per month per listed model; 500 reranker requests per month
Currency inferred from the US pricing page (shown as $ only).
USD 20 per month
Limits: 10 GB storage; 5M write units per month; 2M read units per month; 10 GB egress per month; 10 indexes per project; 1,000 namespaces; 5 projects; up to 5 users; cloud and region choice (AWS, Azure, GCP); 10M embedding tokens per month; 1,000 reranker requests per month
Conditions: Billed monthly
Currency inferred from the US pricing page (shown as $ only).
Custom pricing - contact the vendor
Limits: Pinecone runs in the customer's cloud account; outbound-only operations; public or private connectivity; Pro support included
Conditions: Contact sales for sizing and pricing
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| Item | Rate | Details | Source and check date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard, minimum usage | USD 50 per month | 20 indexes and 100,000 namespaces per project; 20 projects; unlimited users; 100 GB egress per month included3-week trial with $300 in credits; HIPAA add-on $190 per monthCurrency inferred from the US pricing page (shown as $ only). Usage rates: write units $4 to $4.50 per million and read units $16 to $18 per million depending on cloud and region (ranges, so not recorded as single-amount rows); egress $0.10 per GB; import $0.25 per GB; backups $0.10 per GB-month; restore $0.15 per GB; reranking $2 per 1k requests; embeddings $0.08 to $0.16 per million tokens. | Source for Standard, minimum usage (opens in a new tab)Checked October 24, 2026 |
| Standard, storage | USD 0.33 per GB stored per month per month | Standard plan; same storage rate listed for EnterpriseCurrency inferred from the US pricing page (shown as $ only). | Source for Standard, storage (opens in a new tab)Checked October 24, 2026 |
| Enterprise, minimum usage | USD 500 per month | 200 indexes and 1,000,000 namespaces per project; 100 projects; unlimited users; 99.95% uptime SLA; private endpoints; customer-managed encryption keys; audit logs; SCIM; HIPAA; Pro support includedBilled monthlyCurrency inferred from the US pricing page (shown as $ only). Usage rates: storage $0.33 per GB-month; write units $6 to $6.75 per million and read units $24 to $27 per million depending on cloud and region. | Source for Enterprise, minimum usage (opens in a new tab)Checked October 24, 2026 |
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Developers and ML engineers building semantic search, RAG and agent memory features who want a managed vector store with SDKs and framework integrations rather than self-hosting a vector index.
This page is based on desk research of the vendor's public pages and documentation. SIDAN Stack has not tested this product hands-on. How we research. Last verified: October 24, 2026.
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