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Pinecone

Managed vector database for search, recommendations and RAG apps, with a free Starter plan and usage-based paid plans.

Free plan
Yes
Starting price
$20/mo
Pricing model
Freemium
Verification
Unverified
Last checked

Prices may change. These are correct as of 9 Nov 2026. Please confirm on the vendor's own page before you pay.

Unverified: Partly checked. Plan limits read from Pinecone's pricing page and docs. The Builder price comes from Pinecone's own blog post.

Free plan

Free plan. Free Starter plan: up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read units a month, 5 indexes, one region (AWS us-east-1).

Plans and prices (USD)

Swipe the table sideways to see what each plan includes.

PlanBilled monthlyYearly, per monthWhat it includes
Starter
per flat
$0 not recorded
  • Up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read units a month
  • Up to 5 indexes, 100 namespaces per index, community support
Builder
per flat
$20 not recorded
  • $20 a month flat rate, no overage billing (usage above limits is blocked)
  • Up to 10 GB storage, 5M write units and 2M read units a month, 10 indexes, all regions
Standard
per flat
$50 not recorded
  • $50 a month minimum, applied against usage; anything above $50 is pay-as-you-go
  • Unlimited storage at $0.33 per GB a month, read units from $16 per million, write units from $4 per million
Enterprise
per flat
not recorded not recorded
  • Custom contract with higher per-unit rates and limits
  • 200 indexes per project, up to 1,000,000 namespaces per index

"Not recorded" means we did not find that price, not that it is free. Prices exclude tax and can differ by country.

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Taken from what the vendor says the tool does. We have not tested it.

What to watch

  • Standard is usage-based: the $50 is a minimum, and real cost depends on reads, writes, storage and egress.
  • Pinecone Assistant adds usage fees for file ingestion, storage and chat tokens on paid plans.
  • Pinecone says a one-time Standard trial gives $300 in credits over 21 days.
  • Check pinecone.io/pricing before buying.

Sources

Open Pinecone's own site · Report a mistake on this page