Pinecone by Pinecone Systems
Fully managed serverless vector database with dense, sparse and full-text indexes.
Vector databases Official MCP server
Price
Free plan
paid plans from $20/mo
Free tier
Yes
Starter: up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read...
SDK downloads
1.8M
npm @pinecone-database/pinecone · PyPI pinecone
Status
Up
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Pricing
| Free tier | Starter: up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read units per month (us-east-1) |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $20 a month |
| Usage price | Standard: storage $0.33/GB/month; writes $4-$4.50 per million WU; reads $16-$18 per million RU (Enterprise $6-$6.75 / $24-$27) |
| Good to know | Builder $20/month flat (higher limits); Standard $50/month minimum usage then pay as you go (3-week trial with $300 credits); Enterprise $500/month minimum. Rates vary by cloud and region. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official: @pinecone-database/mcp |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone |
| PyPI | pip install pinecone |
| GitHub | pinecone-io/python-sdk · 453 stars · last push Oct 7, 2026 |
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