# Pinecone
URL: https://wwadd.dev/tools/pinecone · Official site: https://www.pinecone.io
Kind: Managed vector database · License: Managed service · Last verified: 2026-09-28

A fully hosted vector database for storing and searching embeddings. No infrastructure to run; you pay for storage and queries.

Reach for it when:
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Semantic search at scale without ops work