Pinecone alternatives
4 resources that do what Pinecone does: compare pricing, platforms and what each one does best.
Quick comparison
| Resource | Pricing | From | Platforms | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 PineconeThe one you searched | Pay as you go | $50 per month | WebAPI | 🇺🇸 United States |
 Weaviate | Pay as you go | — | WebAPI | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
 Supabase | Freemium | $25 per month | WebAPICLI | 🇺🇸 United States |
 Chroma | Pay as you go | — | WebAPICLI | 🇺🇸 United States |
 Qdrant | Pay as you go | — | WebAPI | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Alternatives picked by the editor
Weaviate
Pay as you go
Open-source vector database with built-in hybrid search
- Open source and self-hostable, or managed on Weaviate Cloud
- Hybrid search (vectors plus keywords) out of the box
- Running it at scale means tuning memory and replicas
Supabase
Freemium · From $25
Postgres database with auth, storage and instant APIs for your app
- It's standard Postgres: export your data and move without rewriting the app
- Open source and self-hostable with Docker
- Free projects pause after a week of inactivity
Chroma
Pay as you go
Open-source AI search that starts on your laptop and scales in the cloud
- Open source (Apache 2.0) and free to self-host
- Runs locally with no server, great for prototypes and tests
- Local mode isn't meant for large production workloads
Qdrant
Pay as you go
Fast open-source vector search engine with rich filtering
- Open source (Apache 2.0) and written in Rust
- Payload filtering built into vector search
- Self-hosting in production means handling replicas, backups and upgrades
