Managed vector database with a free tier, a $20/month Builder plan, and pay-as-you-go Standard and Enterprise plans with monthly usage minimums.
Teams that want a fully managed vector database with no servers to run, and who can predict read and write volume well enough to budget pay-as-you-go usage.
Teams that must self-host or run the open-source engine themselves: the pricing page lists only hosted plans plus a Bring Your Own Cloud option with no published price. Also not for cost-sensitive, read-heavy workloads, since Standard read units cost $16-$18 per million.
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Yes. The Starter plan is $0/month and includes up to 2 GB of storage, 2M write units and 1M read units per month. It is limited to 1 project, up to 5 indexes, and the AWS us-east-1 region, with community support only.
Builder is a flat $20/month. Standard has a $50/month minimum usage, then pay-as-you-go: $0.33/GB/month storage, $4-$4.50 per million write units and $16-$18 per million read units. Enterprise has a $500/month minimum and higher unit rates.
Standard lists a 3-week trial with $300 in credits. Enterprise lists a trial as available on request. The pricing page does not describe the trial terms beyond those figures, so confirm conditions with Pinecone before relying on them.
No. The pricing page lists Bring Your Own Cloud without a price and directs buyers to contact sales for sizing and pricing. Pro support is stated as included. Budget for it only after receiving a quote from the vendor.
On Standard, backups cost $0.10/GB/month, restores $0.15/GB, and import from object storage $0.25/GB. HIPAA is a $190/month add-on, Developer support $29/month and Pro support $250/month. Embedding and reranking inference are billed separately.
Facts sourced from the vendor’s own site, last verified 2026-10-26.
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