Exa vs Pinecone pricing

Name: Exa (Search)
Brand: Exa

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Exa: exa.ai/pricing, Pinecone: www.pinecone.io/pricing/Verified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Tiers of Exa and Pinecone aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Exa	Pinecone
Free	$0 / moFree · 10 vendor credits / mo	$0 / moStarter · 1,000,000 read requests (get / class b / read units) / mo
Entry	$0 base + usagePay as you go	$20 / moBuilder · 2,000,000 read requests (get / class b / read units) / mo
Mid	no tier	$50 / moStandard
Top	Contact salesCustom	$500 / moEnterprise

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Exa	Pinecone
Tightest limit	10 search requests per secondFree tier	unlisted

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.