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APIVerified~40ms avg

Pinecone API

Vector database for embeddings, similarity search, and RAG.

Install
npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone

About

Pinecone is a managed vector database for AI applications. Store embeddings, run similarity searches, filter by metadata, and build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. 150K weekly downloads. The most popular choice for vector search with automatic scaling, low-latency queries, and simple SDK design.

Tags

pineconevector-databaseembeddingsragai

Score Breakdown

CLI Score Breakdown8/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✗CLI tool available0
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✓Docs have curl/CLI examples+1
✗Reasonable rate limits for scripted use0
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads150k
GitHub stars300
Days since last release11d
Issue close ratio77%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualityexcellent
Breaking changesoccasional

Performance

Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-27
p50
30ms
avg
40ms
p95
100ms

Scores

CLI
8
Quality
8
AuthorPinecone
Weekly installs150,000
Last updated3/20/2026
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