57
companies use Pinecone
57 companies use Pinecone. 11% are in Artificial Intelligence. Confirmed or observed customers include L'Oréal, Microsoft, and OpenAI. 27 of them are confirmed by a published case study, quote or press release.Latest check Oct 5, 2026: 56 of 57 companies checked, from 10 public sources.
- Category
- Vector Databases
- Customers by proof
- 27 confirmed, 29 observed, 1 signal
- Top industry
- Artificial Intelligence, 11% of customers
- Pricing
- Starter: Free; Builder: $20 month flat; Standard: $50 month min. usage; Enterprise: $500 month min. usage; Bring your own cloud: contact salesSource: pinecone.io, checked Oct 4, 2026
- Most similar
- Qdrant, 3 shared customers
- Website
- pinecone.io
What Pinecone does
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database designed for machine learning applications. It enables developers to build high-performance similarity search and retrieval systems for AI use cases like semantic search, recommendations, and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation).
Written by usedby from pinecone.io.
Main features
Common uses
57 companies use Pinecone
Every company below links to the public page that shows it uses Pinecone. Open a row to see the dated capture.
| Company | Industry | First public proof | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|
 L'Oréal | Beauty & Cosmetics | On or before Mar 2026 | |
 Microsoft | IT Services & System Integration | On or before Oct 2024 | |
 OpenAI | Artificial Intelligence | On or before Oct 2024 | |
 Vanguard | Investment & VC | On or before Jun 2025 | |
 Adobe | Marketing Tech | On or before Mar 2026 | |
 Cisco | Telecommunications | On or before Oct 2024 | |
 HP | IT Services & System Integration | — | |
 Asana | DevTools & Infrastructure | On or before Mar 2026 | |
| Investment & VC | — | ||
 GoDaddy | DevTools & Infrastructure | On or before Oct 2024 |
Is Pinecone right for your company?
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Of the 117 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby, 6 are listed as Pinecone customers. 17 use only another Vector Databases tool.
- Pinecone only, 5%
- Pinecone and another tool in Vector Databases, 0%
- Another tool in Vector Databases only, 15%
- No Vector Databases tool we can see, 80%
These are companies usedby tracks because a public page names them, often Pinecone's own customer page. It is not a market share. A company counts once, whatever the number of tools it uses.
What customers report
Results as published by Pinecone and its customers. Each one links to its dated source. We quote, we do not score.
<20msP50 query latency
CustomGPT.aiVendor case studyCaptured Oct 3, 2026
10xcost reduction with Pinecone serverless
GongVendor case studyCaptured Oct 3, 2026
0.68 to 0.91F1 score for retrieval accuracy
Terminal XVendor case studyCaptured Oct 3, 2026
98%retrieval accuracy in internal benchmarks
AquantVendor case studyCaptured Oct 3, 2026
>50%increase in user engagement
ZoominfoVendor case studyCaptured Oct 3, 2026Pinecone lets us focus on innovation and delivering customer value through our RAG-as-a-Service – without getting bogged down with vector database issues. We trust Pinecone to provide the foundational infrastructure we rely on for accurate, production-grade vector retrieval at scale.Pinecone serverless isn't just a cost-cutting move for us; it is a strategic shift towards a more efficient, scalable, and resource-effective solution.Before you buy Pinecone
What Pinecone publishes on the points buyers check first, each with its source and check date.
| Data processing terms | A data processing agreement is available. | pinecone.io, checked Oct 4, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Airbyte, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Sagemaker, Cohere, Databricks, Datadog, LangChain, Llama Index, OpenAI, Snowflake, Terraform, Vercel | docs.pinecone.io, checked Oct 4, 2026 |
| Pricing | Starter: Free; Builder: $20 month flat; Standard: $50 month min. usage; Enterprise: $500 month min. usage; Bring your own cloud: contact sales | pinecone.io, checked Oct 4, 2026 |
Questions to ask in your demo
- Which of your customers look like us, by industry and size?
- What does a pilot cost, and what decides the move to a full contract?
- Where is our data stored, who can access it, and is it used to train models?
- How does Pinecone work with the tools we already use?
Pinecone alternatives
Tools compared with Pinecone most often, with the customers they share.
| Tool | Customers | Shared with Pinecone | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
 Qdrant60 customers, 3 shared | 60 | 3 | Pinecone vs Qdrant |
 Weaviate60 customers, 2 shared | 60 | 2 | Pinecone vs Weaviate |
 Zilliz19 customers, 0 shared | 19 | 0 | Pinecone vs Zilliz |
 LanceDB16 customers, 0 shared | 16 | 0 | Pinecone vs LanceDB |
 Vespa14 customers, 0 shared | 14 | 0 | Pinecone vs Vespa |
Questions about Pinecone
Who uses Pinecone?
57 companies use Pinecone, including L'Oréal, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
Which industries use Pinecone?
The industries with the most Pinecone customers are Artificial Intelligence (6), DevTools & Infrastructure (4), and Data & Analytics (3).
What are the alternatives to Pinecone?
The tools compared with Pinecone most often are Qdrant (60 customers, 3 shared), Weaviate (60 customers, 2 shared), Zilliz (19 customers, 0 shared), and LanceDB (16 customers, 0 shared). See all Pinecone alternatives.
How does usedby know who uses Pinecone?
Each company is linked to a public page that names it: Pinecone's customer page, a published case study, a press release or a job post. We save each page with a dated capture and check it again on each run. A company leaves the list only after three checks in a row that no longer find it, and at least 14 days after it was last seen. A company with a published case study or quote is never removed automatically.
What do confirmed, observed and signal mean?
Confirmed (27): a case study, a named quote or a press release. Observed (29): Pinecone shows the company on its own pages, for example a logo wall. Signal (1): a job post shows the company’s employees use Pinecone, the weakest proof. Every level counts as a customer, and each line shows its level.
How current is this list?
The most recent check was on October 5, 2026, and 56 of 57 companies on this list have been checked so far. A company leaves the list only after three checks in a row that no longer find it, and at least 14 days after it was last seen. A company with a published case study or quote is never removed automatically.
Changes and sources
New customers
We have not started tracking changes for this tool yet.