Pinecone Starter Plan Limits Reached

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

1. 1. Free up room

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   1. Delete unused indexes and namespaces
   2. Reduce stored vectors or metadata
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2. 2. Upgrade

   1. Go to Settings > Billing > Plans and pick Builder ($20 per month) or Standard ($50 minimum)
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Symptoms

Index creation fails, writes are refused, or requests return 429 late in the month.

Why it happens

• More than 5 indexes or 2 GB of data
• Monthly read or write unit cap reached
• Trying to use a region other than AWS us-east-1

This guide also covers

• pinecone free tier limits
• pinecone starter plan limit exceeded
• pinecone free plan storage

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Other Pinecone errors

• Pinecone Vector Dimension Does Not Match the Dimension of the Index
• Pinecone 429 Too Many Requests Error
• Pinecone Upsert Failing: Batch and Size Limits
• Pinecone Query Returns No Results or Empty Matches
• Pinecone Upsert Not Showing Up After Writing
• Pinecone Starter Index Paused, Archived or Deleted for Inactivity
• Why Is My Pinecone Bill So High
• How to Cancel Pinecone or Downgrade to Starter