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Pinecone runs on fully managed infrastructure that scales with you. Looking for serverless pricing?

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How We Bill

For each existing index, hourly billing is determined by the per-hour-priceVaries by plan, pod type, pod size, and cloud region. Try our pricing estimator below. of a pod multiplied by the number of podsVaries by plan, pod type, pod size, and cloud region. Try our pricing estimator below. the index uses. You will be sent an invoice at the end of the month for the total minutes your indexes have been running, regardless of activity. Reach out to an expert if you have any questions.

Pods

An index is made up of pods, which are units of cloud resources (vCPU, RAM, disk) that provide storage and compute for each index. Choose the pod type that works best for your use case.

Indexes

Indexes store your vector embeddings and metadata. Each index uses at least one pod, but you can add more to increase storage capacity.

Scaling

As you grow, you can scale storage capacity by increasing your pod sizes. You can also increase or decrease throughput when needed, by adding replicas to an index.

Pricing Plans

starter

Free

Get Started

Limited to one index and one project.

No credit card required.


For trying out and for small applications.

Hardware:

  • Single starter pod

Features:

  • Single project
  • Shared environment

Community Support:

standard

starting at $0.096/hour

Get Started

For production applications at any scale.

Hardware:

  • Any number of pods and replicas
  • Zero-downtime scaling

Features:

  • Save vector data in Collections ($0.025/GB/month)
  • Multiple projects and users
  • Choose your cloud region
  • Keep your free starter pod

Standard Support:

  • Email support during business hours
  • Up to 2 technical contacts

enterprise

starting at $0.144/hour

Get Started

For mission-critical production applications.

Hardware:

  • Any number of pods and replicas
  • Zero-downtime scaling

Features:

  • Everything in Standard
  • Prometheus metrics
  • Single sign-on
  • Multiple payment options
  • Keep your free starter pod

Premium Support:

  • 24/7/365 dedicated support
  • Up to 4 technical contacts
  • Uptime SLA (99.9%)

Enterprise Dedicated: Everything in Enterprise, deployed in a single-tenant VPC environment in the region of your choice. Contact us for details and pricing.

Questions? We’re here to help.

Reach out to get assistance with configuring your index or to ask questions about features and pricing.

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Price Estimator

You will be billed per minute from the moment your index is live, with monthly invoices.

  1. Refer to this guide or reach out to customer support for help with your specific use case.
  2. Determine how many pods you need based on the storage capacity for your pod type

    s1 - 5M vectors of 768 dimensions

    p1 - 1M vectors of 768 dimensions

    p2 - 1M vectors of 768 dimensions

    .

For an index on the standard plan, deployed on gcp, made up of 1 s1.x1 pod(s) with 1 replica(s):

$70/monthor $0.0960/hour for 30 days

For information on enterprise use cases, bulk discounts, or cost optimization, reach out to sales.

Frequently Asked Questions