How much does Pinecone cost?

Pinecone lists 4 plans: Starter ($0/free), Builder ($20/per month, flat), Standard ($50/per month minimum usage), Enterprise ($500/per month minimum usage). Confirm current prices on the vendor's own site before buying.

Pinecone pricing in 2026

Pinecone has 4 plans: Starter, Builder, Standard, Enterprise. It also has a free tier.

Prices checked Oct 17, 2026

Plan	Price	What is included
Starter	$0/free	Up to 2 GB storage 1M reads and 2M writes per month 1 project, 5 indexes, AWS us-east-1 only Community support
BuilderMost popular	$20/per month, flat	Up to 10 GB storage 2M reads and 5M writes per month 5 projects, all AWS/Azure/GCP regions Prometheus and Datadog monitoring
Standard	$50/per month minimum usage	Pay-as-you-go above the minimum (storage $0.33/GB/mo) 20 projects, unlimited users RBAC, SAML SSO, backup and restore, dedicated read nodes
Enterprise	$500/per month minimum usage	Everything in Standard BYOC, private endpoints, customer-managed keys, audit logs, SCIM 99.95% uptime SLA, Pro support included

Sourced from Pinecone's own published plans as of Oct 17, 2026. Pricing changes often; confirm on the vendor's site before you buy.

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Pinecone pricing questions

How much does Pinecone cost?: Pinecone lists 4 plans: Starter ($0/free), Builder ($20/per month, flat), Standard ($50/per month minimum usage), Enterprise ($500/per month minimum usage). Confirm current prices on the vendor's own site before buying.
Does Pinecone have a free plan?: Yes. Pinecone has a free tier.

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