A safe default for developers who want managed vector search, with a free Starter plan and costs rising by usage.

Kenning's take

What it does

Pinecone is a fully managed database for storing and searching vector embeddings, used for retrieval in AI apps and agents. It handles dense, sparse and full-text search, reranking and an assistant product from one API. It also offers Nexus, a knowledge engine for agents, and can run in a customer's own cloud.

• Dense, sparse and full-text indexes
• Inference and reranking from the same API
• Pinecone Assistant
• Plugins for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI
• Bring Your Own Cloud
• Available on AWS, GCP and Azure marketplaces

Who it suits. Developers and companies building search, RAG or agent features on their own data.

Key facts

Category

Developer tools

Made by

Pinecone Systems

Based in

US (headquarters in New York City; office in Tel Aviv)

Launched

2019

How to get it

Sign up online; free Starter plan, paid plans billed by usage

Works on

Web, API

Free plan

Starter plan, free, for trying out and small apps

API price

Pay-as-you-go on Standard and Enterprise after the monthly minimum

Pricing

Plan	Price	Billed
Starter	$0	month
Builder	$20	month
Standard	$50 minimum usage	month
Enterprise	$500 minimum usage	month

source

FAQ

Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.