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20 GB
Pinecone
$57 / mo
Standard · 20 GB storage
Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.
Databases & Vector overview & pricing
| Databases & Vector | Pinecone |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pinecone |
| Billing unit | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Standard |
| Monthly estimate | $57/mo |
| Workload | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | 2 GB starter |
| Published plans | Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- Pinecone
- Pinecone
Billing unit
- Pinecone
- GB storage
Plan at selected usage
- Pinecone
- Standard
Monthly estimate
- Pinecone
- $57/mo
Workload
- Pinecone
- 20 GB storage
Free access
- Pinecone
- 2 GB starter
Published plans
- Pinecone
- Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise
Prices checked
- Pinecone
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Pinecone: $57
Cost by GB storage
Cost curve data
| GB storage | Pinecone |
|---|---|
| 0 | $0 |
| 5 | $20 |
| 10 | $20 |
| 20 | $57 |
| 40 | $63 |
| 100 | $83 |
| 200 | $116 |
0
- Pinecone
- $0
5
- Pinecone
- $20
10
- Pinecone
- $20
20
- Pinecone
- $57
40
- Pinecone
- $63
100
- Pinecone
- $83
200
- Pinecone
- $116
Databases & Vector feature comparison
| Databases & Vector | Pinecone |
|---|---|
| Uptime SLA | |
| Support | Free support included |
| Cloud Availability | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| Region Availability | All available regions |
| Dedicated Read Nodes | |
| Index Types | Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text |
| Indexes | 20 per project |
| Namespaces per Index | 100,000 |
| Embedding Models | All available models |
| Reranking Models | All available models |
| Console Index Metrics | |
| Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring | |
| Database - Storage | Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo |
| Database - Write Units | Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region) |
| Database - Read Units | Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region) |
| Database - Egress | Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included |
| Import from object storage | $0.25 per GB |
| Backups | $0.10/GB/mo |
| Restore from backup | $0.15 per GB |
| Cross-region restore | Cross-region transfer pricing applies |
| Assistant - Document Limit | Unlimited |
| Assistant - Storage | Unlimited $3/GB/mo |
| Assistant - Input Tokens | Unlimited $8 per million |
| Assistant - Output Tokens | Unlimited $15 per million |
| Assistant - Context Processed Tokens | Unlimited $5 per million |
| Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens | Unlimited $8 per million |
| Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens | Unlimited $15 per million |
| Assistant - Ingestion Units | $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit) |
| Assistant - Region | Any |
| Inference - llama-text-embed-v2 | Unlimited $0.16/M tokens |
| Inference - multilingual-e5-large | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens |
| Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0 | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens |
| Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3 | Unlimited $2/1k requests |
| Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0 | Unlimited $2/1k requests |
| Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast | Unlimited $2/1k rerank units |
| Projects | 20 |
| Users | Unlimited |
| Admin API | |
| SSO (SAML 2.0) | |
| SAML roles | |
| SCIM | |
| Service Accounts | |
| Encryption at rest and in transit | |
| RBAC | |
| Audit Logs | |
| Private Endpoints | |
| Customer Managed Encryption Keys | |
| SOC 2 | |
| GDPR | |
| ISO 27001 | |
| HIPAA | $190/mo |
Uptime SLA
- Pinecone
Support
- Pinecone
- Free support included
Cloud Availability
- Pinecone
- AWS, Azure, GCP
Region Availability
- Pinecone
- All available regions
Dedicated Read Nodes
- Pinecone
Index Types
- Pinecone
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text
Indexes
- Pinecone
- 20 per project
Namespaces per Index
- Pinecone
- 100,000
Embedding Models
- Pinecone
- All available models
Reranking Models
- Pinecone
- All available models
Console Index Metrics
- Pinecone
Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring
- Pinecone
Database - Storage
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo
Database - Write Units
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region)
Database - Read Units
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region)
Database - Egress
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included
Import from object storage
- Pinecone
- $0.25 per GB
Backups
- Pinecone
- $0.10/GB/mo
Restore from backup
- Pinecone
- $0.15 per GB
Cross-region restore
- Pinecone
- Cross-region transfer pricing applies
Assistant - Document Limit
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
Assistant - Storage
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $3/GB/mo
Assistant - Input Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
Assistant - Output Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
Assistant - Context Processed Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $5 per million
Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
Assistant - Ingestion Units
- Pinecone
- $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit)
Assistant - Region
- Pinecone
- Any
Inference - llama-text-embed-v2
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.16/M tokens
Inference - multilingual-e5-large
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k rerank units
Projects
- Pinecone
- 20
Users
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
Admin API
- Pinecone
SSO (SAML 2.0)
- Pinecone
SAML roles
- Pinecone
SCIM
- Pinecone
Service Accounts
- Pinecone
Encryption at rest and in transit
- Pinecone
RBAC
- Pinecone
Audit Logs
- Pinecone
Private Endpoints
- Pinecone
Customer Managed Encryption Keys
- Pinecone
SOC 2
- Pinecone
GDPR
- Pinecone
ISO 27001
- Pinecone
HIPAA
- Pinecone
- $190/mo
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Pinecone features & plan notes
- Serverless vector DB
- Hybrid search
- 3 week trial includes $300 credits
- Everything in Builder
- Pay-as-you-go for Database On-Demand, Inference, and Assistant Usage
- Choose your cloud and region
- Dedicated Read Nodes (DRN)
- Import from object storage
- Backup and Restore
- RBAC
- SSO (SAML 2.0)
- HIPAA add-on
- Includes Free support
- Response SLAs available via Developer or Pro support add-on
How to compare database providers
Start with the engine and workload: relational databases, vector indexes and Redis services are not interchangeable. Storage estimates do not include unlisted compute, query, replication or network charges. Check backup retention, regions and scaling behavior.
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