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PineconePricing change · Feature added · Price revealed · Feature change · Jan 1 → Apr 13, 2025

Pinecone Unveils New Enterprise Plan Pricing Starting at $500/Month with Enhanced Features and Support Options

Verified Jan 12, 2026Data & AnalyticsDirection: up
The changeHIPAA Compliance feature — added.
Before · Jan 1No HIPAA Compliance feature
After · Apr 13HIPAA Compliance feature
added
11 changes2 capturesJan 1, 2025 → Apr 13, 2025

What happened

Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025 captures of Pinecone's pricing page, Pulse recorded 11 changes: HIPAA Compliance feature added to Enterprise plan; Standard plan pricing revealed: from $25/month (includes $15/mo usage credits), previously shown as 'Pay as you go'; Enterprise plan pricing revealed: from $500/month (includes $150/mo usage credits), previously shown as 'Custom'; Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) changed from 'PUBLIC PREVIEW' to generally available feature; Pausing policy added for Starter plan: indexes automatically pause after 3 weeks of inactivity with $1 per GB storage cost during pause; Audit Logs feature transitioned from 'EARLY ACCESS' to generally available in Enterprise plan; Service Accounts feature added to Enterprise plan; Admin APIs feature added to Enterprise plan; Enterprise support renamed to 'Pro support included' in Enterprise plan; Private Link renamed to Private Networking in Enterprise plan; Dedicated plan added for organizations requiring highest security and control with BYOC (Bring-your-own-cloud) capability and Premium support. Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature added, price revealed, feature change, threshold added, new plan) 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 Increases Standard Plan Namespaces per Index from 10,000 to 25,000, Boosting Capacity by 150%" (Q4 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.

  • HIPAA Compliance, Enterprise · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNo HIPAA Compliance feature

    AfterHIPAA Compliance feature

  • Standard · Price visibilityRevealed
    Price hiddenPrice listed
  • Enterprise · Price visibilityRevealed
    Price hiddenPrice listed
  • — · FeatureChanged

    Before'PUBLIC PREVIEW'

    Aftergenerally available feature

  • Starter · LimitAdded
    No Pausing policyPausing policy
  • Enterprise · FeatureChanged
    'EARLY ACCESS'generally available
  • Enterprise · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNo Service Accounts feature

    AfterService Accounts feature

  • Enterprise · FeatureAdded
    No Admin APIs featureAdmin APIs feature
  • Enterprise, Pro Support · FeatureRenamed
    Enterprise support'Pro support included'
  • Enterprise · FeatureRenamed
    Private LinkPrivate Networking
  • Premium Support · PlanAdded
    No Dedicated planDedicated plan

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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where HIPAA Compliance feature now appears.

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Pinecone, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Jan 12, 2026improvedPinecone Introduces Dedicated Read Nodes for Enhanced Query Performance in Standard and Enterprise Plans
  2. Q3 2025improvedPinecone Introduces Standard Plan Trial with $300 Credit and Democratizes SAML SSO for All Users
  3. Q2 2025packagingPinecone Implements Major Pricing Restructure: Enterprise Plan Minimum Commitment Raised to $500/Month
  4. Q1 2025improvedPinecone Unveils New Enterprise Plan Pricing Starting at $500/Month with Enhanced Features and Support Options · this change
  5. Q4 2024improvedPinecone Increases Standard Plan Namespaces per Index from 10,000 to 25,000, Boosting Capacity by 150%

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 April 2025?

No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: feature added, price revealed, feature change, threshold added, new plan.

What changed on Pinecone's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025?

HIPAA Compliance, Enterprise feature: No HIPAA Compliance feature → HIPAA Compliance feature, added; Standard price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed; Enterprise price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed; feature: 'PUBLIC PREVIEW' → generally available feature, changed; Starter limit: No Pausing policy → Pausing policy, added; Enterprise feature: 'EARLY ACCESS' → generally available, changed; Enterprise feature: No Service Accounts feature → Service Accounts feature, added; Enterprise feature: No Admin APIs feature → Admin APIs feature, added; Enterprise, Pro Support feature: Enterprise support → 'Pro support included', renamed; Enterprise feature: Private Link → Private Networking, renamed; Premium Support plan: No Dedicated plan → Dedicated plan, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 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 Increases Standard Plan Namespaces per Index from 10,000 to 25,000, Boosting Capacity by 150%" in Q4 2024; Pinecone has been tracked since 2023-12-22.