Pinecone Pod-Based (Dedicated) vs Google Vertex AI Vector Search pricing
Across 3 benchmark workloads, Google Vertex AI Vector Search prices lower in 3 of 3 — by up to ~51% at parity scenarios. It uses fixed-capacity plans, so steady workloads amortize the floor. Both are compared on identical USD-normalized footprints; verify current rates via each row's provenance date in the full tool.
Monthly Cost Across Realistic Benchmarks
RAG Prototype · 100k×1536 fp32
Pinecone Pod-Based (Dedicated): $70.00/mo Google Vertex AI Vector Search: $68.48/mo
Cheaper: Google Vertex AI Vector SearchMid Scale · 1M×768 INT8
Pinecone Pod-Based (Dedicated): $70.00/mo Google Vertex AI Vector Search: $68.48/mo
Cheaper: Google Vertex AI Vector SearchLarge · 5M×768 INT8 10M queries
Pinecone Pod-Based (Dedicated): $140.00/mo Google Vertex AI Vector Search: $68.48/mo
Cheaper: Google Vertex AI Vector Search