Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Pinecone
Pinecone clearly comes out ahead of Zilliz Cloud on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Pinecone's paid plans start at $50/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | ai tool |
| Company | Zilliz | Pinecone |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsAI & Machine Learning | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | database | databasecloud-infrastructure |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | zilliz-cloud | pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| 99.95% Uptime Sla | ||
| Enterprise Support Included | ||
| 2.5M Vcus Per Month Included | ||
| 1 Index | ||
| 5 Gb Storage | ||
| 1 Project | ||
| Advanced Security: Cmek And Full-Path In-Transit Encryption | ||
| 1M Read Units Per Month | ||
| Audit Logs, Sso (Saml 2.0 Based), Granular Rbac | ||
| 2M Write Units Per Month | ||
| Backup, Restore, And Basic Monitoring | ||
| Access To Most Embedding And Reranking Models | ||
| Built-In Encryption For Data In Transit And At Rest | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Fully Managed Vector Databases With Core Apis | ||
| Backups | ||
| Global Cluster With High-Level Availability And Disaster Recovery | ||
| Bring-Your-Own-Cloud (Byoc) Deployment | ||
| Hipaa-Eligible With Enhanced Data Privacy Features | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Multi-Replica And Elastic Scaling | ||
| Custom Compliance Requirements | ||
| Priority Support And Rapid Incident Response | ||
| Customer Managed Encryption Keys (Cmek) | ||
| Private Endpoint And Vpc Peering | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Up To 5 Collections | ||
| Everything In Starter | ||
| Multiple Projects And Users | ||
| Premium Support |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Pinecone comes out ahead overall, though Zilliz Cloud can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Zilliz Cloud and Pinecone offer a free tier.
Pinecone scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
