Starter
Free
Free tier for trying Pinecone applications
- Indexes
- Dense, sparse, and full-text indexes on Starter
- Support
- Community support via Discord
Vector database · Vendor site 2026-10-04
Pinecone is a managed vector database and AI knowledge platform for semantic search, RAG, agents, and enterprise knowledge serving with dense, sparse, and full-text indexes. Nexus compiles enterprise data into governed knowledge to cut token usage versus multi-step agentic retrieval.
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Starter
Free
Free tier for trying Pinecone applications
Builder
$20.00 /mo
$20 per month flat on pricing page
Standard
$50.00 /mo
$50 per month minimum usage with pay-as-you-go overages
No retained pricing changes yet. A current price alone does not establish a historical trend.
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Yes. Pinecone has an ongoing free plan. Starter plan is free with community Discord support and included starter usage limits
Pinecone paid plans start at $20 per month (Builder $20/mo, Standard $50/mo). Prices are in USD and last checked Oct 4, 2026.
API or developer access is mentioned. REST API, MCP plugin, and SDK quickstarts documented for upsert, query, and rerank operations