Pinecone Transitions to Serverless Usage-Based Pricing, Restructuring Free Tier and Removing All Previous Plans
What changed
Starter plan (Free) discontinued - previously offered single starter pod with single project and shared environment
Enterprise plan removed - previously starting at $0.144/hour with premium support and SLA
Complete transition from pod-based pricing (hourly per pod: $0.096-$0.144/hour) to serverless usage-based pricing (storage: $0.33/GB/mo, reads: $8.25/1M RUs, writes: $2.00/1M WUs)
Standard plan removed - previously starting at $0.096/hour with any number of pods/replicas
Free tier restructured from dedicated Starter plan with single pod to serverless model with $100 promotional credits
$100 in usage credits for new serverless users (credits expire June 1, 2024)
Before and after
Jan 5, 2024 vs Apr 1, 2024Starter plan (Free) discontinued - previously offered single starter pod with single project and shared environment
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