Pinecone
by Pinecone
At a glance
Managed vector database for similarity search and retrieval in AI applications.
vector-database retrieval infrastructure
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2021-01
Overview
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database for similarity search and retrieval in AI applications. Its serverless architecture separates storage from compute, supports dense and sparse (hybrid) search with metadata filtering, and adds integrated embedding and reranking models. Pinecone offers a free starter tier and usage-based paid plans.
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Key features
- Serverless vector indexes with auto-scaling
- Hybrid dense-plus-sparse search and reranking
- Metadata filtering and namespaces
- Integrated inference for embeddings
Use cases
- RAG pipelines over enterprise documents
- Semantic search in products
- Recommendation and deduplication systems
Pricing
The Starter tier is free with capacity limits; Standard and Enterprise plans bill by storage, reads, and writes on serverless usage.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Pricing
- www.pinecone.io ↗
- Documentation
- docs.pinecone.io ↗
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/pinecone/
Selection profile
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Selection profile11 fields3 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
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Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
Matched on the vendor page: “nofi, Vanguard. Mercado Libre Fox The Washington Post Get started One API key. Every way you build. Install the plugin in your agent, or call the API directly. Search, up”
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
Suggest a correction - Billing
- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Verified 2026-10-09 www.pinecone.io ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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API: Public API documented Verified 2026-10-09 www.pinecone.io ↗
Applies to: As stated on pinecone.io on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “nofi, Vanguard. Mercado Libre Fox The Washington Post Get started One API key. Every way you build. Install the plugin in your agent, or call the API directly. Search, up”
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Frequently asked questions
What is Pinecone?
Pinecone is a managed vector database that powers similarity search and retrieval for AI apps.
Is Pinecone free?
A free Starter plan covers small projects; production workloads use usage-based paid plans.
Does Pinecone require managing servers?
No, its serverless architecture handles scaling and infrastructure automatically.
What does Pinecone not record?
Pinecone records no plan price, licence, or supported region; the vendor pages reviewed carried no statement on these, so no self-hosted option is established.
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