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Pinecone vs Tembo
Compare Pinecone, Tembo by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
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20 GB
Pinecone
$57 / mo
Standard · 20 GB storage
Tembo
$60 / mo
Pro · 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 | Tembo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Pinecone | Tembo |
| Billing unit | GB storage | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Standard | Pro |
| Monthly estimate | $57/mo | $60/mo |
| Workload | 20 GB storage | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | 2 GB starter | Hobby tier |
| Published plans | Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise | Free trial, Pro, Max, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- Pinecone
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Tembo
Billing unit
- Pinecone
- GB storage
- Tembo
- GB storage
Plan at selected usage
- Pinecone
- Standard
- Tembo
- Pro
Monthly estimate
- Pinecone
- $57/mo
- Tembo
- $60/mo
Workload
- Pinecone
- 20 GB storage
- Tembo
- 20 GB storage
Free access
- Pinecone
- 2 GB starter
- Tembo
- Hobby tier
Published plans
- Pinecone
- Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise
- Tembo
- Free trial, Pro, Max, Enterprise
Prices checked
- Pinecone
- 2026-10-08
- Tembo
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Pinecone: $57Tembo: $60
Cost by GB storage
Cost curve data
| GB storage | Pinecone | Tembo |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $0 | $0 |
| 5 | $20 | $60 |
| 10 | $20 | $60 |
| 20 | $57 | $60 |
| 40 | $63 | $60 |
| 100 | $83 | $60 |
| 200 | $116 | $60 |
0
- Pinecone
- $0
- Tembo
- $0
5
- Pinecone
- $20
- Tembo
- $60
10
- Pinecone
- $20
- Tembo
- $60
20
- Pinecone
- $57
- Tembo
- $60
40
- Pinecone
- $63
- Tembo
- $60
100
- Pinecone
- $83
- Tembo
- $60
200
- Pinecone
- $116
- Tembo
- $60
Databases & Vector feature comparison
| Databases & Vector | Pinecone | Tembo |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
| Support | Free support included | Not listed |
| Cloud Availability | AWS, Azure, GCP | Not listed |
| Region Availability | All available regions | Not listed |
| Dedicated Read Nodes | Not listed | |
| Index Types | Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text | Not listed |
| Indexes | 20 per project | Not listed |
| Namespaces per Index | 100,000 | Not listed |
| Embedding Models | All available models | Not listed |
| Reranking Models | All available models | Not listed |
| Console Index Metrics | Not listed | |
| Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring | Not listed | |
| Database - Storage | Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo | Not listed |
| Database - Write Units | Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region) | Not listed |
| Database - Read Units | Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region) | Not listed |
| Database - Egress | Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included | Not listed |
| Import from object storage | $0.25 per GB | Not listed |
| Backups | $0.10/GB/mo | Not listed |
| Restore from backup | $0.15 per GB | Not listed |
| Cross-region restore | Cross-region transfer pricing applies | Not listed |
| Assistant - Document Limit | Unlimited | Not listed |
| Assistant - Storage | Unlimited $3/GB/mo | Not listed |
| Assistant - Input Tokens | Unlimited $8 per million | Not listed |
| Assistant - Output Tokens | Unlimited $15 per million | Not listed |
| Assistant - Context Processed Tokens | Unlimited $5 per million | Not listed |
| Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens | Unlimited $8 per million | Not listed |
| Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens | Unlimited $15 per million | Not listed |
| Assistant - Ingestion Units | $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit) | Not listed |
| Assistant - Region | Any | Not listed |
| Inference - llama-text-embed-v2 | Unlimited $0.16/M tokens | Not listed |
| Inference - multilingual-e5-large | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens | Not listed |
| Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0 | Unlimited $0.08/M tokens | Not listed |
| Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3 | Unlimited $2/1k requests | Not listed |
| Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0 | Unlimited $2/1k requests | Not listed |
| Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast | Unlimited $2/1k rerank units | Not listed |
| Projects | 20 | Unlimited |
| Users | Unlimited | Not listed |
| 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 | Advanced | |
| Private Endpoints | Not listed | |
| Customer Managed Encryption Keys | Not listed | |
| SOC 2 | Not listed | |
| GDPR | Not listed | |
| ISO 27001 | Not listed | |
| HIPAA | $190/mo | Not listed |
| Workspace users | Not listed | Up to 5 |
| Max sandbox size | Not listed | Medium |
| Audit logs | Advanced | |
| Support channel | Not listed | Priority |
Uptime SLA
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Support
- Pinecone
- Free support included
- Tembo
- Not listed
Cloud Availability
- Pinecone
- AWS, Azure, GCP
- Tembo
- Not listed
Region Availability
- Pinecone
- All available regions
- Tembo
- Not listed
Dedicated Read Nodes
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Index Types
- Pinecone
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text
- Tembo
- Not listed
Indexes
- Pinecone
- 20 per project
- Tembo
- Not listed
Namespaces per Index
- Pinecone
- 100,000
- Tembo
- Not listed
Embedding Models
- Pinecone
- All available models
- Tembo
- Not listed
Reranking Models
- Pinecone
- All available models
- Tembo
- Not listed
Console Index Metrics
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Prometheus and Datadog Monitoring
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Database - Storage
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.33/GB/mo
- Tembo
- Not listed
Database - Write Units
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $4-$4.50 per million (varies by cloud and region)
- Tembo
- Not listed
Database - Read Units
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $16-$18 per million (varies by cloud and region)
- Tembo
- Not listed
Database - Egress
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.10/GB 100GB/mo included
- Tembo
- Not listed
Import from object storage
- Pinecone
- $0.25 per GB
- Tembo
- Not listed
Backups
- Pinecone
- $0.10/GB/mo
- Tembo
- Not listed
Restore from backup
- Pinecone
- $0.15 per GB
- Tembo
- Not listed
Cross-region restore
- Pinecone
- Cross-region transfer pricing applies
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Document Limit
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Storage
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $3/GB/mo
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Input Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Output Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Context Processed Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $5 per million
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Evaluation Processed Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $8 per million
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Evaluation Output Tokens
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $15 per million
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Ingestion Units
- Pinecone
- $0.0005/ingestion unit $0.001/ingestion unit for multi-modal (400 tokens/~300 words per ingestion unit)
- Tembo
- Not listed
Assistant - Region
- Pinecone
- Any
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - llama-text-embed-v2
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.16/M tokens
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - multilingual-e5-large
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - pinecone-sparse-english-v0
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $0.08/M tokens
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - bge-reranker-v2-m3
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - pinecone-rerank-v0
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k requests
- Tembo
- Not listed
Inference - cohere-rerank-4-fast
- Pinecone
- Unlimited $2/1k rerank units
- Tembo
- Not listed
Projects
- Pinecone
- 20
- Tembo
- Unlimited
Users
- Pinecone
- Unlimited
- Tembo
- Not listed
Admin API
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
SSO (SAML 2.0)
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
SAML roles
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
SCIM
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Service Accounts
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Encryption at rest and in transit
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
RBAC
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Audit Logs
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Advanced
Private Endpoints
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
Customer Managed Encryption Keys
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
SOC 2
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
GDPR
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
ISO 27001
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Not listed
HIPAA
- Pinecone
- $190/mo
- Tembo
- Not listed
Workspace users
- Pinecone
- Not listed
- Tembo
- Up to 5
Max sandbox size
- Pinecone
- Not listed
- Tembo
- Medium
Audit logs
- Pinecone
- Tembo
- Advanced
Support channel
- Pinecone
- Not listed
- Tembo
- Priority
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Which database providers fit your needs?
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
Tembo features & plan notes
- Postgres extensions
- Stacks
- Managed Postgres
- $60 monthly usage allowance
- Up to 5 users
- Overage billing
- All integrations included
- Use your Claude, Codex, or SuperGrok subscription
- Unlimited repositories
- Unlimited projects
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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