Pinecone

Free tier

Vector Databases

Platforms: mac, windows, linux | Last verified: 2026-04-03

Features

*Managed vector database
*Serverless architecture
*Hybrid search
*Metadata filtering
*Real-time indexing
*Multi-tenancy support

Pricing

Free: Starter plan with 2GB storage and 1M vector reads/month

Standard$70/month

Enterprise$0/month

Strengths

+Fully managed, no infrastructure to maintain
+Excellent query performance at scale
+Simple API and good documentation
+Serverless pricing model

Limitations

-Can get expensive at scale
-Vendor lock-in with proprietary solution
-Limited to vector search use case

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