Pinecone Standard Plan Read Units Price Increased by 94% from $8.25 to $16.00 per 1M, Significantly Impacting Costs
What changed
Rerank API add-on introduced at $2 per 1k requests
Import from object storage add-on introduced at $1 per GB
RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) added to Standard and Enterprise plans
Import from object storage added as new feature (PUBLIC PREVIEW)
Standard plan Write Units increased from $2.00 per 1M to $4.00 per 1M (100% increase)
Pinecone Assistant pricing revealed - Storage: $3/GB/mo, Input Tokens: $8/1M, Output Tokens: $15/1M, Assistants: $0.20/day
Enterprise plan Indexes per Project increased from 20 to 200
Enterprise plan Read Units increased from $16.50 per 1M to $24.00 per 1M (45% increase)
Audit Logs added to Enterprise plan (COMING SOON)
Backups feature added to Standard and Enterprise plans
Storage billing changed from hourly ($0.00045/GB/Hour) to monthly ($0.33/GB/mo) pricing
Standard plan Read Units increased from $8.25 per 1M to $16.00 per 1M (94% increase)
Enterprise plan Write Units increased from $4.00 per 1M to $6.00 per 1M (50% increase)
CMEK (Customer Managed Encryption Keys) added to Enterprise plan (COMING SOON)
Before and after
Jul 1, 2024 vs Oct 1, 2024Rerank API add-on introduced at $2 per 1k requests
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