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Pinecone
Managed vector database and inference services for semantic search, recommendations, and retrieval-augmented applications. Choose a plan according to index size, query volume, and required production controls.
Data status: partially_verified · Checked: 2026-10-16
Good fit if
Dense, sparse, and full-text indexes with database, embedding, reranking, and assistant products.
May not fit if
The free Starter plan has resource and feature limits; production plans have minimum monthly usage commitments.
Features and benefits
- Dense, sparse, and full-text indexes with database, embedding, reranking, and assistant products.
- Managed service with project, region, monitoring, backup, and access-control options that vary by plan.
Limitations
- The free Starter plan has resource and feature limits; production plans have minimum monthly usage commitments.
- Database, inference, assistant, storage, and network usage can be billed separately; illustrative workload examples are not quotes.
Pricing
Starter
0 USD · free
Free tier for evaluation and small applications with published storage, read/write, and egress limits; usage beyond included limits or separately billed products may incur charges.
Pricing sourceBuilder
20 USD · monthly
Flat monthly plan. This is not a total cost guarantee: usage, inference and other separately metered items may add charges.
Pricing sourceStandard minimum usage
50 USD · monthly
Minimum monthly usage charge; usage above the minimum is pay-as-you-go. The page also describes a three-week trial with $300 credits; trial credits are not a recurring free plan.
Pricing sourceSources
- https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/ · 2026-10-16: pricing, free tier limits, plan features, minimum usage, usage-based charges
- https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/overview · 2026-10-16: managed vector database and index types