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Pinecone

Pinecone is a managed vector database for semantic search, recommendations, RAG, and AI agent retrieval.

Pinecone

In inglese

Pinecone stores and searches dense vectors, sparse vectors, and text for AI applications. It provides automatic indexing, metadata filtering, semantic and full-text search, hosted inference, and Pinecone Assistant.

Developers use it for search, recommendation systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent applications. The service has a free Starter tier, while higher plans add increased limits, monitoring, governance, support, and dedicated infrastructure. Usage beyond included allowances is billed separately.

Features

  • Managed vector database with automatic indexing
  • Semantic search with dense vector indexes
  • Sparse and BM25 full-text search in the same index
  • Metadata filtering and text-match filters
  • Hosted embedding and reranking inference
  • Pinecone Assistant for grounded answers over documents
  • Console metrics, namespaces, imports, backups, and restore
  • REST APIs, SDKs, and command-line workflows

Use cases

  • Build semantic search for product catalogs or enterprise documents
  • Create recommendation systems using vector similarity
  • Retrieve context for retrieval-augmented generation applications
  • Give AI agents access to searchable business data
  • Match exact SKUs, order IDs, error codes, and case numbers
  • Create document-based assistants with grounded responses

Pros

    Cons

      Latest updates

      Capabilities

      • Choice of models — “All available models” source
      • Self-hosted — “Bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) runs Pinecone in your cloud account and VPC.” source
      • API — “Install the plugin in your agent, or call the API directly.” source
      • Runs models for you — “Pinecone Inference” source
      • Builds agents and workflows — “Build production-grade agent-based apps” source
      • Search over your data — “Search, upsert, and rerank from the same index.” source

      Get it

      Security

      • SOC 2 Type II — “Pinecone is SOC2 Type II certified, HIPAA compliant (with BAA available upon request), and GDPR-ready.” source
      • SOC 2 — “Pinecone is SOC2 Type II certified, HIPAA compliant (with BAA available upon request), and GDPR-ready.” source
      • HIPAA — “Pinecone is SOC2 Type II certified, HIPAA compliant (with BAA available upon request), and GDPR-ready.” source
      • Not trained on your data — “Your data remains isolated and protected, and is only used for servicing API calls.” source

      Pricing

      Starting price
      $20/mo
      Prices checked
      2026-09-24

      Starter

      Free

      • Pinecone Database On-Demand
      • Pinecone Inference
      • Pinecone Assistant
      • Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
      • Console Metrics
      • Community Support via Discord

      Builder

      • $20/month flat
      • Everything in Starter
      • Increased usage limits
      • Choose your cloud and region
      • Multiple projects and users
      • Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
      • Includes Free support

      Standard

      • $50/month min. usage
      • 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

      Enterprise

      • $500/month min. usage
      • Everything in Standard
      • 99.95% Uptime SLA
      • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
      • Private Endpoints
      • Customer Managed Encryption Keys
      • Audit Logs

      Bring your own cloud

      Price on request

      • Pinecone in your cloud account
      • Zero-access operations – no SSH, VPN, or inbound access required
      • Outbound-only operations with an auditable trail
      • Pro support included
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