45%
20% YoY
#1
Summary
- Pinecone ranks #1 within the Vector Databases category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
- As of October 2026, 45% of organizations who have a vendor in the Vector Databases category use Pinecone: down 20 percentage points from last year.
- Pinecone has the highest adoption among mid-market companies (57%), compared to enterprise (38%), small-to-medium businesses (42%), and micro-SMB (39%).
- Pinecone key capabilities include managed vector databases, real-time similarity search, and automatic scaling, supporting AI applications requiring fast semantic retrieval.
Are businesses buying Pinecone?
Key stats
45%
20% YoY
Mid-Market, 57%
28%
21%
#2
#2
Adoption Rates by company size
| Company size | Adoption rate |
|---|---|
| SMB | 42% |
| Mid-market | 57% |
| Enterprise | 38% |
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.
About this data
These insights come from Ramp’s procurement and renewal data, built on real-world transactions observed across our platform. Figures represent aggregated observations from Ramp Procurement and Renewals activity.
| Date | New adopter share | Competitor switch rate | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 28% | 21% | Mid-Market, 57% | 38% | 57% | 42% |
| Aug 2026 | 34% | 20% | Mid-Market, 54% | 40% | 58% | 44% |
| Jul 2026 | 33% | 22% | Mid-Market, 51% | 44% | 58% | 45% |
| Jun 2026 | 33% | 25% | Mid-Market, 50% | 50% | 60% | 48% |
| May 2026 | 35% | 21% | Mid-Market, 49% | 50% | 61% | 49% |
| Apr 2026 | 30% | 23% | Mid-Market, 48% | 50% | 62% | 52% |
| Mar 2026 | 40% | 19% | Mid-Market, 47% | 56% | 64% | 53% |
| Feb 2026 | 33% | 17% | Mid-Market, 48% | 60% | 64% | 55% |
| Jan 2026 | 37% | 17% | Mid-Market, 48% | 57% | 64% | 57% |
| Dec 2025 | 41% | 17% | Mid-Market, 46% | 57% | 66% | 59% |
| Nov 2025 | 43% | 16% | Mid-Market, 47% | 62% | 67% | 60% |
| Oct 2025 | 45% | 19% | Mid-Market, 46% | 62% | 69% | 62% |
| Sep 2025 | 42% | 21% | Mid-Market, 45% | 62% | 71% | 63% |
| Aug 2025 | 43% | 21% | Mid-Market, 48% | 80% | 73% | 65% |
| Jul 2025 | 60% | 20% | Mid-Market, 49% | 78% | 77% | 67% |
| Jun 2025 | 62% | 20% | Mid-Market, 49% | 75% | 77% | 68% |
| May 2025 | 55% | 27% | Mid-Market, 46% | 75% | 78% | 69% |
| Apr 2025 | 61% | 21% | Mid-Market, 49% | 78% | 78% | 70% |
| Mar 2025 | 62% | 27% | Mid-Market, 48% | 86% | 79% | 71% |
| Feb 2025 | 67% | 30% | Mid-Market, 48% | 86% | 79% | 73% |
| Jan 2025 | 78% | 38% | Mid-Market, 47% | 86% | 77% | 74% |
| Dec 2024 | 62% | 50% | Mid-Market, 47% | 86% | 77% | 75% |
| Nov 2024 | 50% | — | Mid-Market, 46% | 86% | 79% | 74% |
| Oct 2024 | 81% | — | Mid-Market, 46% | 86% | 80% | 75% |
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