# Pricing transcribed from the provider's own page — see provenance. Numbers are quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-10-07'
method: searched
source: https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/
sources:
- https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/
provenance:
  tool: all/0-working/economics/harvest_pricing.py
  run: 20261007T104522
  grounding: every price_text was found verbatim in the fetched page text
audience: developer-api
pricing_basis: per-call
delivery:
  delivery: managed+licensed
  method: page
  read: '2026-10-07'
  evidence: Bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) runs Pinecone in your cloud account and VPC.
  managed_tier: Builder
published: true
note: Tiered plans with usage-based (read/write units, tokens, GB) overages; Starter free; BYOC quoted
  on request.
plan_count: 6
currency: USD
plans:
- name: Starter
  price_text: Free
  currency: USD
  period: month
  included_quota: Up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units/mo, 1M read units/mo, 1GB egress/mo, 5M embedding
    tokens/mo, 1 project, up to 2 users
- name: Builder
  price_text: $20/month flat
  price: 20
  currency: USD
  period: month
  included_quota: Up to 10 GB storage, 5M write units/mo, 2M read units/mo, 10GB egress/mo, 10M embedding
    tokens/mo, 5 projects, up to 5 users
- name: Standard
  price_text: $50/month min. usage
  price: 50
  currency: USD
  period: month
  included_quota: 3 week trial includes $300 credits; minimum $50/month applied to usage
  overage: $0.33/GB/mo storage; $4-$4.50 per million write units; $16-$18 per million read units; $0.10/GB
    egress (100GB/mo included)
- name: Enterprise
  price_text: $500/month min. usage
  price: 500
  currency: USD
  period: month
  included_quota: 99.95% Uptime SLA, BYOC, Pro support
  overage: $0.33/GB/mo storage; $6-$6.75 per million write units; $24-$27 per million read units; $0.10/GB
    egress (100GB/mo included)
- name: Bring your own cloud
  price_text: Contact Us for Pricing
  period: none
  included_quota: Pinecone in your cloud account, zero-access operations, Pro support
- name: HIPAA add-on
  price_text: $190/mo
  price: 190
  currency: USD
  period: month
rate_limit_statements:
- Indexes Up to 5
- Namespaces per Index 100
- Users Up to 2
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - hybrid
  - subscription
  units: []
  plans:
  - name: Starter
    access: other
    model: unstated
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Builder
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Standard
    access: other
    model: hybrid
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Enterprise
    access: other
    model: hybrid
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Bring your own cloud
    access: other
    model: unstated
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - none
  - name: HIPAA add-on
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units: []
    periods:
    - month