Starter
$0USD / month
Free plan for trying out Pinecone and for small applications.
- Up to 5 indexes
- Up to 2 GB storage
- Up to 2M write units per month
- Up to 1M read units per month
- Community support via Discord
AI Search & Research Tools
- Introduction
- Fully managed vector database and knowledge platform for building knowledgeable AI agents with fast, accurate retrieval at any scale.
- Added on
- 11/9/2026
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Official links
- Website, company & support ↗
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
What is Pinecone?
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database and AI knowledge platform for building knowledgeable AI agents. It stores and retrieves dense, sparse, and full-text vectors with automatic indexing, instant searchability, and consistent query speed at scale. Pinecone Nexus compiles enterprise data into governed knowledge served through a single query, while Inference provides hosted embedding and reranking models and Assistant supports production-grade chat and agent applications. Developers use Pinecone for RAG pipelines, semantic search, recommendation engines, and forum answering bots, with integrations for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, MCP, and direct API access. Enterprise features include SSO, RBAC, private networking, and compliance certifications. Access starts with a free Starter plan, then paid Builder, Standard, and Enterprise tiers.
How to use Pinecone
- 1
Create an index
Sign up at app.pinecone.io and create your first index for free on the Starter plan.
- 2
Connect via API or plugin
Use one API key to search, upsert, and rerank from the same index, or install the plugin in your agent such as Claude Code.
- 3
Upsert and search data
Write vectors and metadata; writes are acknowledged in under 100ms and become searchable within seconds.
- 4
Monitor in the console
Track read units, write units, latency, storage, and record counts from the Pinecone console.
Pinecone Features
Fully managed serverless vector database with automatic indexing
Dense, sparse, and full-text index types
Writes acknowledged in under 100ms and searchable within seconds
Consistent query speed at any scale with parallel search
Pinecone Nexus knowledge engine for agents
Hosted embedding and reranking models via Pinecone Inference
Pinecone Assistant for production-grade chat and agent apps
Integrations with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, and MCP
Enterprise security including SSO, RBAC, CMEK, and private networking
SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001 certifications
Pinecone Use Cases
Building RAG pipelines for production applications
Semantic search over large knowledge bases
Recommendation engines for e-commerce
Forum answering bots
Patent search and M&A due diligence with Nexus
Revenue intelligence over call transcripts
Pinecone FAQs
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database built for AI. It stores and retrieves vectors with automatic indexing and consistent query speed at scale.
Pinecone supports dense, sparse, and full-text indexes across all plans.
Yes. The Starter plan is free and includes up to 5 indexes, 2 GB storage, 2M write units per month, and 1M read units per month.
The Builder plan costs $20 per month flat and includes increased usage limits, cloud and region choice, and multiple projects and users.
The Standard plan has a $50 monthly minimum usage charge. Usage beyond that is billed pay-as-you-go, and a 3-week trial includes $300 credits.
Enterprise has a $500 monthly minimum usage and adds a 99.95% uptime SLA, Bring Your Own Cloud, private endpoints, customer managed encryption keys, and audit logs.
Pinecone integrates with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, and MCP, and can also be called directly via API.
Pinecone is certified for SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001.
Pinecone Official Information
- Company
- Pinecone Systems, Inc.
- Website
- https://pinecone.io/
- Documentation
- https://docs.pinecone.io/
- Contact
- https://www.pinecone.io/contact/
Pinecone Pricing
Prices in USD. Standard and Enterprise plans have monthly minimum usage charges and pay-as-you-go rates beyond included usage. The Standard plan includes a 3-week trial with $300 credits.
Builder
$20USD / month
Flat-rate plan for solo developers and small teams with increased usage limits.
- Everything in Starter
- Increased usage limits
- Choose your cloud and region
- Multiple projects and users
- Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
Standard
$50USD / month minimum usage
Production plan with pay-as-you-go usage beyond a $50 monthly minimum.
- Everything in Builder
- Pay-as-you-go for Database, Inference, and Assistant
- Dedicated Read Nodes
- Backup and Restore
- RBAC and SSO (SAML 2.0)
Enterprise
$500USD / month minimum usage
Plan for mission-critical production applications with a $500 monthly minimum usage.
- Everything in Standard
- 99.95% Uptime SLA
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
- Private Endpoints
- Customer Managed Encryption Keys
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