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Vector Database Pricing Comparison for RAG Apps

Compare vector database pricing for Pinecone, Qdrant, and other retrieval infrastructure.

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Lowest listed unit cost

Qdrant Cloud cluster

Compare storage, read units, and write units against your retrieval workload.

Balanced comparison pick

Pinecone Serverless

Compare storage, read units, and write units against your retrieval workload.

Pricing Details

ProviderModelCategoryPricingContextCapabilities
Pinecone Serverless vector-db Storage $0.33 / GB-month Plan based Plan based
Qdrant Cloud cluster vector-db Storage $0.2 / GB-month Plan based Plan based

Limits and Notes

Prices can change and rate limits are often account-tier specific. Use this calculator for planning, then confirm final numbers on the official provider pages before committing budget.

FAQ

How is monthly cost calculated?

For token APIs, monthly cost is input tokens times input price plus output tokens times output price. For TTS, it uses monthly characters. Vector database estimates depend more heavily on storage and read/write usage.

Why are some models excluded?

The calculator excludes models that do not satisfy required context window, requests per minute, streaming, JSON mode, or tool calling constraints.

Are these prices guaranteed?

No. The dataset is designed for comparison and should be checked against official pricing pages before production decisions.

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