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PineconePackaging change · Feature added · Feature change · Limit increase · Oct 1 → Jan 1, 2025

Pinecone Increases Standard Plan Namespaces per Index from 10,000 to 25,000, Boosting Capacity by 150%

Verified Jan 12, 2026Data & AnalyticsDirection: up
The changeRerank model — added.
Before · Oct 1No rerank model
After · Jan 1rerank model
added
11 changes2 capturesOct 1, 2024 → Jan 1, 2025

What happened

Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Pinecone's pricing page, Pulse recorded 11 changes: New rerank model added: cohere-rerank-v3.5; New rerank model added: pinecone-rerank-v0 (PUBLIC PREVIEW, free until Jan 1, 2025); Private Link moved to general availability in Enterprise plan (removed PUBLIC PREVIEW status); Embedding model renamed from 'Embed API' to specific model name 'multilingual-e5-large'; Standard plan Namespaces per Index increased from 10,000 to 25,000 (150% increase); Assistant metric renamed from 'Assistants per day' to 'Daily Rate'; Prometheus metrics feature now available in Standard plan (removed COMING SOON status); New rerank model added: bge-reranker-v2-m3; New embedding model added: pinecone-sparse-english-v0 (PUBLIC PREVIEW, free until Jan 1, 2025); Audit Logs feature status changed from COMING SOON to EARLY ACCESS in Enterprise plan; CMEK feature status changed from COMING SOON to PUBLIC PREVIEW in Enterprise plan. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, feature change, limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 3, 2026) lists Builder at $20, Standard at $4 Write Units (M) + $0.15 Restore from Backup (GB), Enterprise at $0.1 GB egress per month + $500 subscription, HIPAA Compliance at $190 and Developer Support at $29.

Pinecone's previous recorded change was "Pinecone Standard Plan Read Units Price Increased by 94% from $8.25 to $16.00 per 1M, Significantly Impacting Costs" (Q3 2024). Pinecone has been tracked since 2023-12-22.

In the same window Qdrant and Elastic also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • — · FeatureAdded
    No rerank modelrerank model
  • — · FeatureAdded
    No rerank modelrerank model
  • Enterprise · FeatureRemoved
    PUBLIC PREVIEW statusNo PUBLIC PREVIEW status
  • — · FeatureChanged

    Before'Embed API'

    Afterspecific model name 'multilingual-e5-large'

  • Standard · Limit+150%
    10,00025,000
  • — · FeatureReworded
    Assistants per dayDaily Rate
  • Standard · FeatureRemoved
    COMING SOON statusNo COMING SOON status
  • — · FeatureAdded
    No rerank modelrerank model
  • — · FeatureAdded
    No embedding modelembedding model
  • Enterprise · FeatureChanged
    COMING SOONEARLY ACCESS
  • Enterprise · FeatureChanged
    COMING SOONPUBLIC PREVIEW

Values as written on Pinecone's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of Pinecone's pricing page (pinecone.io) from Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where rerank model now appears.

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Pinecone, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Q3 2025improvedPinecone Introduces Standard Plan Trial with $300 Credit and Democratizes SAML SSO for All Users
  2. Q2 2025packagingPinecone Implements Major Pricing Restructure: Enterprise Plan Minimum Commitment Raised to $500/Month
  3. Q1 2025improvedPinecone Unveils New Enterprise Plan Pricing Starting at $500/Month with Enhanced Features and Support Options
  4. Q4 2024improvedPinecone Increases Standard Plan Namespaces per Index from 10,000 to 25,000, Boosting Capacity by 150% · this change
  5. Q3 2024improvedPinecone Standard Plan Read Units Price Increased by 94% from $8.25 to $16.00 per 1M, Significantly Impacting Costs

Across Data & Analytics in the same window

All Data & Analytics changes
  1. QdrantJan 12Qdrant Introduces Free Tier for Qdrant Cloud, Previously Starting at $25/Node/Month
  2. ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
  3. QdrantJan 12Qdrant Updates Pricing Model: Hybrid Cloud Costs Now Available as 'Custom Price on Request'
  4. ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces Self-Managed Deployment Options Across Key Products, Enhancing Control and Customization for Users
  5. ElasticJan 11Elastic Transforms Pricing Structure to Solution-Based Model, Enhancing Clarity for Elasticsearch, Observability, and Security Deployments

Questions about this change

Did Pinecone raise prices in January 2025?

No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, feature change, limit increase.

What changed on Pinecone's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?

Feature: No rerank model → rerank model, added; feature: No rerank model → rerank model, added; Enterprise feature: PUBLIC PREVIEW status → No PUBLIC PREVIEW status, removed; feature: 'Embed API' → specific model name 'multilingual-e5-large', changed; Standard limit: 10,000 → 25,000 (+150%); feature: Assistants per day → Daily Rate, reworded; Standard feature: COMING SOON status → No COMING SOON status, removed; feature: No rerank model → rerank model, added; feature: No embedding model → embedding model, added; Enterprise feature: COMING SOON → EARLY ACCESS, changed; Enterprise feature: COMING SOON → PUBLIC PREVIEW, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Pinecone change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Pinecone in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Pinecone Standard Plan Read Units Price Increased by 94% from $8.25 to $16.00 per 1M, Significantly Impacting Costs" in Q3 2024; Pinecone has been tracked since 2023-12-22.