Elastic Cloud Hosted
5.7#13 in aws marketplace softwareWebAPISelf-hosted
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Pinecone
7.8#3 in ai search and discovery platforms softwareFrom $20 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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| Fact | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | Elastic says Elastic Cloud Hosted is FedRAMP High authorized on AWS GovCloud and compliant with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and IRAP. | Pinecone states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified, HIPAA compliant with a BAA available on request, and GDPR-ready. |
| Founded | 2012 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands and Mountain View, California, United States | New York City, New York, United States |
| Integrations | The integrations page lists Elastic Agent, Open Crawler, content connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash as ingestion methods. | The partner ecosystem covers AI and machine-learning tools, search, cloud infrastructure and services integrations. |
| Product | Elastic Cloud Hosted is Elastic Stack managed through deployments hosted on a cloud provider and region of the customer's choice. | Pinecone describes its product as a fully managed vector database built for AI workloads. |
| Security | Hosted deployments include HTTPS communications and encryption at rest, and support IP filters and private connectivity. | Pinecone states that it encrypts data at rest and in transit using AES-256 and supports API key roles and RBAC. |
Elastic Cloud Hosted plans
- Elastic Cloud Hosted—
Pinecone plans
- Builder$20 a month
- Standard$50 a month
- Enterprise$500 a month
- StarterFree
- Bring your own cloud (BYOC)Priced on request
Pick Elastic Cloud Hosted if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Pinecone if…
Pinecone suits teams building AI applications that need vector search, recommendations, or retrieval-augmented generation. Its web and API access, integrations, and multiple index types support varied implementation needs.