Managed vector database for search and retrieval in AI apps
Managed vector database for search and retrieval in AI apps. Product and engineering teams building search, recommendations or retrieval for an AI assistant, who want the database run for them.
Price: Builder: $20 per month, flat. “For solo developers and small teams.” (vendor’s page, 7 Nov 2026).
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“Pinecone is the trusted AI knowledge company. Its AI knowledge platform—Database, Nexus, and Marketplace—powers accurate, fast, cost-effective AI for 10,000+ customers and 1M developers worldwide.”
How the vendor describes it: pinecone.io, checked 7 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price, unit and limits |
|---|---|
| Starter | Free free: “For trying out and for small applications.” Community support via Discord |
| Builder | $20 (≈ ₹1,906) per month, flat. “For solo developers and small teams.” |
| Standard | $50 (≈ ₹4,765) per month minimum usage. The page says you pay a minimum of $50 a month and pay as you go above that; a 3-week trial includes $300 credits |
| Enterprise | $500 (≈ ₹47,650) per month minimum usage. The page says you pay a minimum of $500 a month and pay as you go above that; it lists a 99.95% uptime SLA |
Checked from pinecone.io/pricing on 7 Nov 2026. Prices are the vendor’s list prices, before tax, in the currency the vendor showed us (USD). The figure in brackets is our conversion at ₹95.3 per $, not the vendor’s price.
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