Pinecone lifts assistant document caps
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Apr 6, 2026 captures of Pinecone's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Assistant Document Limit lifted to Unlimited across all plans (was 100 for Starter, 10,000/assistant for Standard/Enterprise). New Ingestion Units pricing row added: 1,000/mo included, then $0.0005/unit (or $0.001 for multi-modal); Starter plan Assistant free token allowances changed: Input Tokens decreased from 1.5M to 500k/mo; Output Tokens increased from 200k to 300k/mo. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase, limit decrease) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 4, 2026) lists Builder at $20, Standard at $4 Write Units (M) + $0.15 Restore from Backup (GB), Enterprise at $0.10 GB egress per month + $500 per use, HIPAA Compliance at $190 and Developer Support at $29.
It lands 4 days after Pinecone's previous change, "Pinecone Downgrades BYOC Support Tier, Rebrands as Cloud-Native Option" (Apr 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Pinecone launches HIPAA compliance add-on at $190/month" (Feb 24, 2026) and "Pinecone Introduces Dedicated Read Nodes for Enhanced Query Performance in Standard and Enterprise Plans" (Jan 12, 2026). 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.
- Starter, Standard, Enterprise · LimitAdded
BeforeNo Ingestion Units pricing row
AfterIngestion Units pricing row
- Starter · Limit−67%1.5M500k/mo
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter, Standard, Enterprise | Limit | No Ingestion Units pricing row | Ingestion Units pricing row | Added |
| Starter | Limit | 1.5M | 500k/mo | −67% |
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 comparedFull-page captures of Pinecone's pricing page (pinecone.io) from Mar 30, 2026 and Apr 6, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where Ingestion Units pricing row now appears.
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Pinecone, the last 90 days
Full history- Jun 9, 2026decreasePinecone slashes storage costs 75%, expands Builder to multi-cloud
- May 12, 2026packagingPinecone launches $20 Builder plan with 1M token promo offer
- Apr 14, 2026packagingPinecone Shifts to Region-Variable Pricing for Database Operations
- Apr 6, 2026packagingPinecone lifts assistant document caps · this change
- Apr 3, 2026improvedPinecone Downgrades BYOC Support Tier, Rebrands as Cloud-Native Option
- Feb 24, 2026packagingPinecone launches HIPAA compliance add-on at $190/month
- Jan 12, 2026packagingPinecone Introduces Dedicated Read Nodes for Enhanced Query Performance in Standard and Enterprise Plans
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- QdrantApr 3Qdrant launches three-tier cloud pricing with free inference models
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
- QdrantMar 17Qdrant moves to usage-based tiers with free AI inference tokens
- QdrantJan 22Qdrant Enhances Managed Cloud Support with Standard SLAs and Renames Cloud Plan for Clarity
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Moves Hybrid Ranking to Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Search Features with AI Assistant and Semantic Boost
Questions about this change
Did Pinecone raise prices in April 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Apr 6, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase, limit decrease.
What changed on Pinecone's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Apr 6, 2026?
Starter, Standard, Enterprise limit: No Ingestion Units pricing row → Ingestion Units pricing row, added; Starter limit: 1.5M → 500k/mo (−67%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Apr 6, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Pinecone change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Pinecone in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Pinecone Downgrades BYOC Support Tier, Rebrands as Cloud-Native Option" on Apr 3, 2026; Pinecone has been tracked since 2023-12-22.