Pinecone facts
Pinecone
Managed vector database and inference platform for retrieval and RAG workflows.
Fact summary
- Name
- Pinecone
- Company / maker
- Pinecone Systems, Inc.
- Category
- Model & Infrastructure
- Tags
- Vector Database, Rag, Inference
- Entity type
- Platform
- Availability
- Public
- Pricing model
- Hybrid
- Pricing unit
- usage
- Primary pricing route
- Api Usage
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Delivery modes
- Web AppAPISDKCLI
- Supported platforms
- Web
- Data state
- source backed
Official links
| Link | URL | source type | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | www.pinecone.io | official-site | 2026-05-06 |
| Pricing page | www.pinecone.io/pricing/ | official-pricing-page | 2026-05-06 |
| Documentation | docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/overview | official-documentation | 2026-05-06 |
| API docs | docs.pinecone.io/reference/api/introduction | official-documentation | 2026-05-06 |
| Security page | www.pinecone.io/security | official-security-page | 2026-05-06 |
Access and delivery
Supported platforms
Delivery modes
Capabilities
Capability tags
Pricing summary
Pricing summary
Derived from official pricing routes where available- pricingModel
- Hybrid
- pricingUnit
- usage
- startingPrice
- $50/month minimum usage
- currency
- USD
- hasFreePlan
- Yes
- hasFreeTrial
- Yes
- freeTrialDays
- 21
- pricingLastChecked
- 2026-05-06
Pricing routes
The pricing page states Pinecone is also available on AWS, GCP, and Microsoft cloud marketplaces.
The pricing page describes BYOC as running Pinecone in the customer cloud account and VPC, with sizing and pricing handled by contacting Pinecone.
The pricing page lists Enterprise with a $500 per month minimum usage amount and additional controls such as private networking, customer-managed encryption keys, audit logs, service accounts, admin APIs, HIPAA compliance, and included Pro support.
The pricing page lists Standard with a $50 per month minimum usage amount and pay-as-you-go usage for Database On-Demand, Inference, and Assistant after included trial credits.
The pricing page lists Builder at $20 per month flat with increased usage limits, multiple projects and users, and monitoring integrations.
The pricing page lists Starter as a free plan for trying out and small applications, with Pinecone Database On-Demand, Pinecone Inference, Pinecone Assistant, indexes, console metrics, and community support.
Pricing plans
Evidence and sources
| source URL | source type | used for | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.pinecone.io/security | official-security-page | security, availability, enterprise-controls, capability-claims | 2026-05-06 |
| docs.pinecone.io/reference/api/introduction | official-documentation | api-access, sdk-access, cli-access, capability-claims | 2026-05-06 |
| docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/overview | official-documentation | capabilities, delivery-modes | 2026-05-06 |
| www.pinecone.io/pricing/ | official-pricing-page | pricing-model, pricing-routes, free-access, capability-claims | 2026-05-06 |
| www.pinecone.io | official-site | identity, capabilities | 2026-05-06 |