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Pinecone

Managed serverless vector database

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database for semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation at scale.

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Pricing: Free plan

Platforms: Web, API

Categories: Databases, AI

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Product	Price	Open source	Self-host	Platforms
Pinecone	Free plan	–	–	Web, API
Qdrant	Free plan	Yes	Yes	Self-hosted, Web, API
Weaviate	Free plan	Yes	Yes	Self-hosted, Web, API
turbopuffer	Paid	–	–	API, Web
Chroma	Free plan	Yes	Yes	Self-hosted, Web, API
Milvus	Free	Yes	Yes	Self-hosted, Linux
pgvector	Free	Yes	Yes	Self-hosted

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Questions

Is Pinecone free?

Pinecone is free to start, with paid plans.

What platforms does Pinecone run on?

Pinecone is available for Web, API.

What are some alternatives to Pinecone?

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