61%
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Summary
- Pinecone ranks #1 within the Vector Databases category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
- As of July 2026, 61% of organizations who have a vendor in the Vector Databases category use Pinecone: down 11 percentage points from last year.
- Pinecone has the highest adoption among mid-market companies (68%), compared to enterprise (57%), small-to-medium businesses (59%), and micro-SMB (57%).
- Pinecone key capabilities include managed vector databases, real-time similarity search, and automatic scaling, supporting AI applications requiring fast semantic retrieval.
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Key stats
61%
arrow_downward11% YoY
Mid-Market, 49%
50%
27%
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Adoption Rates by company size
| Company size | Adoption rate |
|---|---|
| SMB | 59% |
| Mid-market | 68% |
| Enterprise | 57% |
About Pinecone
Pinecone is a vector database platform that enables semantic search and retrieval for AI applications. It provides real-time indexing, hybrid search, and serverless scaling for production workloads.
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| Date | New adopter share | Competitor switch rate | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 50% | 27% | Mid-Market, 49% | 57% | 68% | 59% |
| May 2026 | 53% | 24% | Mid-Market, 48% | 57% | 68% | 60% |
| Apr 2026 | 41% | 28% | Mid-Market, 46% | 57% | 68% | 61% |
| Mar 2026 | 50% | 23% | Mid-Market, 45% | 64% | 72% | 62% |
| Feb 2026 | 57% | 20% | Mid-Market, 46% | 64% | 71% | 63% |
| Jan 2026 | 52% | 19% | Mid-Market, 46% | 62% | 71% | 63% |
| Dec 2025 | 44% | 17% | Mid-Market, 45% | 62% | 73% | 64% |
| Nov 2025 | 48% | 15% | Mid-Market, 46% | 67% | 73% | 66% |
| Oct 2025 | 58% | 18% | Mid-Market, 45% | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| Sep 2025 | 55% | 20% | Mid-Market, 44% | 67% | 78% | 68% |
| Aug 2025 | 56% | 24% | Mid-Market, 47% | 80% | 79% | 68% |
| Jul 2025 | 75% | 25% | Mid-Market, 48% | 78% | 81% | 70% |
| Jun 2025 | 76% | 32% | Mid-Market, 48% | 75% | 81% | 70% |
| May 2025 | 60% | 36% | Mid-Market, 45% | 75% | 82% | 69% |
| Apr 2025 | 61% | 31% | Mid-Market, 48% | 78% | 82% | 70% |
| Mar 2025 | 67% | 36% | Mid-Market, 47% | 86% | 83% | 71% |
| Feb 2025 | 70% | 40% | Mid-Market, 47% | 86% | 83% | 72% |
| Jan 2025 | 82% | 44% | Mid-Market, 46% | 86% | 82% | 74% |
| Dec 2024 | 62% | 60% | Mid-Market, 46% | 86% | 81% | 74% |
| Nov 2024 | 46% | 50% | Mid-Market, 45% | 86% | 83% | 73% |
| Oct 2024 | 85% | 100% | Mid-Market, 45% | 86% | 85% | 75% |
| Sep 2024 | 89% | 100% | Mid-Market, 43% | 86% | 85% | 75% |
| Aug 2024 | 73% | 100% | Enterprise, 45% | 86% | 84% | 75% |
| Jul 2024 | 82% | 100% | Enterprise, 44% | 86% | 82% | 76% |
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