Free serverless vector database on AWS us-east-1: 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read units a month, up to 5 indexes in one project.
Verified ·Oct 14, 2026
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Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
- storage
- 2 GB
- Serverless index storage per organization.
- write units / month
- 2M
- Per organization.
- read units / month
- 1M
- Per organization; queries, fetches and lists consume read units.
- indexes
- 5
- Serverless indexes, all in AWS us-east-1; one project per organization, 100 namespaces per index.
- egress / month
- 1 GB
Before you rely on it
Read with the default assumptions: a project that may grow and may make money.
- Notice: The provider's page changed on 2026-10-15; these facts are being re-checked
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- As long as you stay within the limits
- At the limit
- Anything over the limit is refused until the next period
- Spending cap
- None needed: the free plan cannot bill you
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documented
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Not documented
- Identity check
- An email address
- Commercial use
- Not statedPinecone describes Starter as for trying out and for small applications.
- Mainland China
- Not verified
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Organization
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
No changes recorded since this plan entered the catalog.
- Oct 14, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Starter