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Couchbase Capella vs Pinecone
Compare Couchbase Capella, Pinecone by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
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20 GB
Couchbase Capella
Custom / not listed
Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 20 GB storage
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 | Couchbase Capella | Pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Couchbase | Pinecone |
| Billing unit | GB storage | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Custom / unlisted usage pricing | Standard |
| Monthly estimate | Custom / not listed | $57/mo |
| Workload | 20 GB storage | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | Free tier cluster | 2 GB starter |
| Published plans | Capella Free, Capella Basic, Capella Developer Pro, Capella Enterprise, Capella AI Data Plane Developer Pro, Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise, Capella Analytics Developer Pro, Capella Analytics Enterprise, Couchbase Enterprise, Enterprise Analytics, Couchbase Mobile | Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- Couchbase Capella
- Couchbase
- Pinecone
- Pinecone
Billing unit
- Couchbase Capella
- GB storage
- Pinecone
- GB storage
Plan at selected usage
- Couchbase Capella
- Custom / unlisted usage pricing
- Pinecone
- Standard
Monthly estimate
- Couchbase Capella
- Custom / not listed
- Pinecone
- $57/mo
Workload
- Couchbase Capella
- 20 GB storage
- Pinecone
- 20 GB storage
Free access
- Couchbase Capella
- Free tier cluster
- Pinecone
- 2 GB starter
Published plans
- Couchbase Capella
- Capella Free, Capella Basic, Capella Developer Pro, Capella Enterprise, Capella AI Data Plane Developer Pro, Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise, Capella Analytics Developer Pro, Capella Analytics Enterprise, Couchbase Enterprise, Enterprise Analytics, Couchbase Mobile
- Pinecone
- Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise
Prices checked
- Couchbase Capella
- 2026-10-08
- Pinecone
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Couchbase Capella: Not pricedPinecone: $57
Cost by GB storage
Cost curve data
| GB storage | Couchbase Capella | Pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $0 | $0 |
| 5 | $0 | $20 |
| 10 | Not priced | $20 |
| 20 | Not priced | $57 |
| 40 | Not priced | $63 |
| 100 | Not priced | $83 |
| 200 | Not priced | $116 |
0
- Couchbase Capella
- $0
- Pinecone
- $0
5
- Couchbase Capella
- $0
- Pinecone
- $20
10
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- Pinecone
- $20
20
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- Pinecone
- $57
40
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- Pinecone
- $63
100
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- Pinecone
- $83
200
- Couchbase Capella
- Not priced
- Pinecone
- $116
Databases & Vector feature comparison
| Databases & Vector | Couchbase Capella | Pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
| Support | Not listed | Free support included |
| Cloud Availability | Not listed | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| Region Availability | Not listed | All available regions |
| Dedicated Read Nodes | Not listed | |
| Index Types | Not listed | Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text |
| Indexes | Not listed | 20 per project |
| Namespaces per Index | Not listed | 100,000 |
| Embedding Models | Not listed | All available models |
| Reranking Models | Not listed | All available models |
| Console Index Metrics | Not listed | |
| Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring | Not listed | |
| Database - Storage | Not listed | Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo |
| Database - Write Units | Not listed | Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region) |
| Database - Read Units | Not listed | Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region) |
| Database - Egress | Not listed | Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included |
| Import from object storage | Not listed | $0.25 per GB |
| Backups | Not listed | $0.10/GB/mo |
| Restore from backup | Not listed | $0.15 per GB |
| Cross-region restore | Not listed | Cross-region transfer pricing applies |
| Assistant - Document Limit | Not listed | Unlimited |
| Assistant - Storage | Not listed | Unlimited $3/GB/mo |
| Assistant - Input Tokens | Not listed | Unlimited $8 per million |
| Assistant - Output Tokens | Not listed | Unlimited $15 per million |
| Assistant - Context Processed Tokens | Not listed | Unlimited $5 per million |
| Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens | Not listed | Unlimited $8 per million |
| Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens | Not listed | Unlimited $15 per million |
| Assistant - Ingestion Units | Not listed | $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit) |
| Assistant - Region | Not listed | Any |
| Inference - llama-text-embed-v2 | Not listed | Unlimited $0.16/M tokens |
| Inference - multilingual-e5-large | Not listed | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens |
| Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0 | Not listed | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens |
| Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3 | Not listed | Unlimited $2/1k requests |
| Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0 | Not listed | Unlimited $2/1k requests |
| Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast | Not listed | Unlimited $2/1k rerank units |
| Projects | Not listed | 20 |
| Users | Not listed | Unlimited |
| Admin API | Not listed | |
| SSO (SAML 2.0) | Not listed | |
| SAML roles | Not listed | |
| SCIM | Not listed | |
| Service Accounts | Not listed | |
| Encryption at rest and in transit | Not listed | |
| RBAC | Not listed | |
| Audit Logs | Not listed | |
| Private Endpoints | Not listed | |
| Customer Managed Encryption Keys | Not listed | |
| SOC 2 | Not listed | |
| GDPR | Not listed | |
| ISO 27001 | Not listed | |
| HIPAA | Not listed | $190/mo |
Uptime SLA
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Support
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Free support included
Cloud Availability
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- AWS, Azure, GCP
Region Availability
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- All available regions
Dedicated Read Nodes
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Index Types
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text
Indexes
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- 20 per project
Namespaces per Index
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- 100,000
Embedding Models
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- All available models
Reranking Models
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- All available models
Console Index Metrics
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Database - Storage
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo
Database - Write Units
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region)
Database - Read Units
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region)
Database - Egress
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included
Import from object storage
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- $0.25 per GB
Backups
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- $0.10/GB/mo
Restore from backup
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- $0.15 per GB
Cross-region restore
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Cross-region transfer pricing applies
Assistant - Document Limit
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
Assistant - Storage
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $3/GB/mo
Assistant - Input Tokens
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
Assistant - Output Tokens
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
Assistant - Context Processed Tokens
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $5 per million
Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
Assistant - Ingestion Units
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit)
Assistant - Region
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Any
Inference - llama-text-embed-v2
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.16/M tokens
Inference - multilingual-e5-large
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k rerank units
Projects
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- 20
Users
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
Admin API
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
SSO (SAML 2.0)
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
SAML roles
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
SCIM
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Service Accounts
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Encryption at rest and in transit
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
RBAC
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Audit Logs
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Private Endpoints
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
Customer Managed Encryption Keys
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
SOC 2
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
GDPR
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
ISO 27001
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
HIPAA
- Couchbase Capella
- Not listed
- Pinecone
- $190/mo
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Couchbase Capella features & plan notes
- JSON + SQL++
- Mobile sync
- Memory-first
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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