Pinecone Pricing (2026)
- Starter
- $0/mo
- Builder
- $20/mo
- Standard Popular
- $50/mo
- Enterprise
- $500/mo
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Starter
- Pinecone Database On-Demand
- Pinecone Inference
- Pinecone Assistant
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
- Console Metrics
- Community Support via Discord
Builder
- Increased usage limits
- Choose your cloud and region
- Multiple projects and users
- Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
- Free support
- Response SLAs available via Developer or Pro support add-on
Standard
Popular- 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
- Free support
- Response SLAs available via Developer or Pro support add-on
Enterprise
- 99.95% Uptime SLA
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
- Private Endpoints
- Customer Managed Encryption Keys
- Audit Logs
- Service Accounts
- SAML roles
- SCIM
- HIPAA Compliance
- Pro support included
Does Pinecone have a free plan?
Yes: the Starter plan is free forever, not a time-limited trial. When you outgrow it, paid plans start at $20/mo. Paid tiers also come with a free trial (21 days).
What the free plan includes
- Pinecone Database On-Demand
- Pinecone Inference
- Pinecone Assistant
- Dense, Sparse, and Full-Text Indexes
- Console Metrics
- Community Support via Discord
Pinecone Pricing FAQ
- How much does Pinecone cost?
- Paid plans start at $20/mo, going up to $500/mo for larger teams. You can get started on the free plan before committing.
- Is there a free plan?
- Yes. The "Starter" plan is free forever, not just a trial. You get pinecone database on-demand, pinecone inference, pinecone assistant — plus 3 more features. It's enough to evaluate the product before upgrading.
- Can I try it before paying?
- Yes — there's a free trial that lasts 21 days.
- How does the pricing work?
- It's a hybrid model split across 4 tiers. The more you need, the more you pay — pretty standard for this category.
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