Pinecone

Pinecone Assistant

Managed RAG assistant billed by tokens ($8 per 1M input, $15 per 1M output, $5 per 1M context tokens), plus $3 per GB per month storage, $0.0005 per ingestion unit and a $50 monthly minimum on the Standard plan. Per query, assumed 1,000 input + 5,000 context + 500 output tokens: 0.008 + 0.025 + 0.0075 = $0.0405, x 1,000 = $40.50 per 1K queries. Sample estimate: Token rates seen on the page but Pinecone has no per-query price; the tokens per query are my assumption, so the headline number is an estimate. Starter plan is free with small token limits.

USD per 1K queries

$40.50

storage_gb_month: $3.00
input_per_1m_tokens: $8.00
output_per_1m_tokens: $15.00
context_per_1m_tokens: $5.00

Unverified sample

#4 cheapest of 4 in RAG & memory services

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Capabilities, explained

What this API can do, and what each capability means for your project.

Type

rag

Document question-answering (RAG), per-user agent memory, or both.

Generates answers

Yes

Returns a written answer with citations, not only the matching passages.

Data connectors

Can pull documents directly from tools like Google Drive, Notion or Slack.

Open source / self-hostable

You can run it on your own infrastructure.

Free tier

Yes

A permanent free plan exists.

Price history

Only one price recorded so far. The chart appears once the price changes.