Elasticsearch
6.7#6 in vector databasesFrom $99 a monthWebAPILinuxSelf-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 | Elasticsearch | Pinecone |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Mountain View, California, United States | New York City, New York, United States |
| Integrations | Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash. | The partner ecosystem covers AI and machine-learning tools, search, cloud infrastructure and services integrations. |
| Search | It supports full-text, semantic, and hybrid search with filters, ranking, and reranking. | The database supports dense, sparse, and full-text indexes, metadata filters, and namespaces. |
Elasticsearch plans
- BasicPriced on request
- Standard$99 a month
- Gold$114 a month
- Platinum$131 a month
- Enterprise$184 a month
- Elastic Cloud Serverless—
Pinecone plans
- Builder$20 a month
- Standard$50 a month
- Enterprise$500 a month
- StarterFree
- Bring your own cloud (BYOC)Priced on request
Pick Elasticsearch if…
Elasticsearch suits teams building search or analytics applications that need full-text, semantic or vector search. It also fits organisations choosing between self-managed, cloud-hosted and serverless deployment.
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.