The vector database most companies use to power AI search and RAG.
Pinecone is the managed vector database behind the majority of production retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and semantic search systems. Low-latency, metadata filtering, and hybrid search out of the box.
Best for
Recommended workflow
Step 1
Index embeddings via API
Step 2
Query with natural language
Step 3
Filter by metadata
Step 4
Scale to billions of vectors
Perplexity
The answer engine — where AI-first searchers actually research.
You.com
Multi-agent research engine — runs many models per query.
Exa
Neural search API — feed agents better-than-Google links.
Turns your documents, PDFs, videos, websites, and notes into a personalized AI expert.