Pinecone

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Updated Aug 5, 2026
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60%
arrow_downward13% YoY
#1

Summary

  • Pinecone ranks #1 within the Vector Databases category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of August 2026, 60% of organizations who have a vendor in the Vector Databases category use Pinecone: down 13 percentage points from last year.
  • Pinecone has the highest adoption among mid-market companies (66%), compared to enterprise (50%), small-to-medium businesses (58%), and micro-SMB (56%).
  • 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

60%
arrow_downward13% YoY
Mid-Market, 50%
55%
27%
#1
#2

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB58%
Mid-market66%
Enterprise50%

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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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.

DateNew adopter shareCompetitor switch rateDominant FTE segmentAdoption rate (Enterprise)Adoption rate (Mid-Market)Adoption rate (SMB)
Jul 202655%27%Mid-Market, 50%50%66%58%
Jun 202650%27%Mid-Market, 49%57%68%59%
May 202652%24%Mid-Market, 49%57%68%60%
Apr 202643%28%Mid-Market, 46%57%69%61%
Mar 202650%23%Mid-Market, 45%64%72%62%
Feb 202657%20%Mid-Market, 46%64%71%63%
Jan 202652%19%Mid-Market, 46%62%71%63%
Dec 202544%17%Mid-Market, 45%62%73%64%
Nov 202548%15%Mid-Market, 46%67%73%66%
Oct 202558%18%Mid-Market, 45%67%75%67%
Sep 202555%20%Mid-Market, 44%67%78%68%
Aug 202556%24%Mid-Market, 47%80%79%68%
Jul 202575%25%Mid-Market, 48%78%81%70%
Jun 202576%29%Mid-Market, 48%75%81%70%
May 202560%31%Mid-Market, 45%75%82%69%
Apr 202561%25%Mid-Market, 48%78%82%70%
Mar 202567%30%Mid-Market, 47%86%83%71%
Feb 202570%33%Mid-Market, 47%86%83%72%
Jan 202582%38%Mid-Market, 46%86%82%74%
Dec 202462%50%Mid-Market, 46%86%81%74%
Nov 202446%Mid-Market, 45%86%83%73%
Oct 202485%Mid-Market, 45%86%85%75%
Sep 202489%Mid-Market, 43%86%85%75%
Aug 202473%Enterprise, 46%86%84%75%

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