Monitor usage and costs

Monitor Pinecone usage and costs at the organization, index, and operation level by tracking read units, write units, and storage consumption.

Monitor organization-level usage and costs

The Usage dashboard in the Pinecone console gives you a detailed report of usage and costs across your organization, broken down by each billable SKU or aggregated by project or service. You can view the report in the console or download it as a CSV file for more detailed analysis.

Go to Settings > Usage in the Pinecone console.
Select the time range to report on. This defaults to the last 30 days.
Select the scope for your report:
- SKU: The usage and cost for each billable SKU, for example, read units per cloud region, storage size per cloud region, or tokens per embedding model.
- Project: The aggregated cost for each project in your organization.
- Service: The aggregated cost for each service your organization uses, for example, database (includes serverless back up and restore), assistants, inference (embedding and reranking), and collections.
Choose the specific SKUs, projects, or services you want to report on. This defaults to all.
To download the report as a CSV file, click Download.

The CSV download provides more granular detail than the console view, including breakdowns by individual index as well as project and index tags.

Dates are shown in UTC to match billing invoices. Cost data is delayed up to three days from the actual usage date.

Monitor index-level usage

You can monitor index-level usage directly in the Pinecone console, or you can pull them into Prometheus. For more details, see Monitoring.

Monitor operation-level usage

Read units

Query, fetch, and list by ID requests return a usage parameter with the read unit consumption of each request that's made.

Example query request:

Python

from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
index = pc.Index("example-index")

response = index.query(
    vector=[0.22,0.43,0.16,1,...], 
    namespace='example-namespace', 
    top_k=3,
    include_values=False,
    include_metadata=False
)

print(response)

JavaScript

import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" })
const index = pc.index("example-index")

const queryResponse = await index.namespace('example-namespace').query({
    vector: [0.22,0.43,0.16,1,...],
    topK: 3,
    includeValues: false,
    includeMetadata: false,
});

console.log(queryResponse);

Java

import io.pinecone.clients.Index;
import io.pinecone.configs.PineconeConfig;
import io.pinecone.configs.PineconeConnection;
import io.pinecone.unsigned_indices_model.QueryResponseWithUnsignedIndices;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class QueryByVector {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PineconeConfig config = new PineconeConfig("YOUR_API_KEY");
        // To get the unique host for an index,
        // see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
        config.setHost("INDEX_HOST");
        PineconeConnection connection = new PineconeConnection(config);
        Index index = new Index(config, connection, "example-index");

        List<Float> query = Arrays.asList(0.22f,0.43f,0.16f,1f,...);
        QueryResponseWithUnsignedIndices queryResponse = index.query(3, query, null, null, null, "example-namespace", null, false, false);
        System.out.println(queryResponse);
    }
}

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/pinecone"
)

func prettifyStruct(obj interface{}) string {
	bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "  ")
	return string(bytes)
}

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

	// To get the unique host for an index,
	// see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
	idxConnection, err := pc.Index(pinecone.NewIndexConnParams{Host: "INDEX_HOST", Namespace: "example-namespace"})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create IndexConnection for Host: %v", err)
	}

	queryVector := []float32{0.22, 0.43, 0.16, 1, ...}

	res, err := idxConnection.QueryByVectorValues(ctx, &pinecone.QueryByVectorValuesRequest{
		Vector:        queryVector,
		TopK:          3,
		IncludeValues: false,
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error encountered when querying by vector: %v", err)
	} else {
		fmt.Printf(prettifyStruct(res))
	}

The response looks like this:

Python

{'matches': [{'id': 'record_193027', 'score': 0.00405937387, 'values': []},
             {'id': 'record_137452', 'score': 0.00405937387, 'values': []},
             {'id': 'record_132264', 'score': 0.00405937387, 'values': []}],
 'namespace': 'example-namespace',
 'usage': {'read_units': 1}}

JavaScript

{
  matches: [
    {
      id: 'record_186225',
      score: 0.00405937387,
      values: [],
      sparseValues: undefined,
      metadata: undefined
    },
    {
      id: 'record_164994',
      score: 0.00405937387,
      values: [],
      sparseValues: undefined,
      metadata: undefined
    },
    {
      id: 'record_186333',
      score: 0.00405937387,
      values: [],
      sparseValues: undefined,
      metadata: undefined
    }
  ],
  namespace: 'example-namespace',
  usage: { readUnits: 1 }
}

Java

class QueryResponseWithUnsignedIndices {
    matches: [ScoredVectorWithUnsignedIndices {
        score: 0.004059374
        id: record_170370
        values: []
        metadata: 
        sparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices: SparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices {
            indicesWithUnsigned32Int: []
            values: []
        }
    }, ScoredVectorWithUnsignedIndices {
        score: 0.004059374
        id: record_107423
        values: []
        metadata: 
        sparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices: SparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices {
            indicesWithUnsigned32Int: []
            values: []
        }
    }, ScoredVectorWithUnsignedIndices {
        score: 0.004059374
        id: record_171426
        values: []
        metadata: 
        sparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices: SparseValuesWithUnsignedIndices {
            indicesWithUnsigned32Int: []
            values: []
        }
    }]
    namespace: example-index
    usage: read_units: 1
}

{
  "matches": [
    {
      "vector": {
        "id": "record_193027"
      },
      "score": 0.004059374
    },
    {
      "vector": {
        "id": "record_137452"
      },
      "score": 0.004059374
    },
    {
      "vector": {
        "id": "record_132264"
      },
      "score": 0.004059374
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "read_units": 1
  },
  "namespace": "example-index"
}

For a more in-depth demonstration of how to use read units to inspect read costs, see this notebook.

Embedding tokens

Requests to one of Pinecone's hosted embedding models, either directly via the embed operation or automatically when upserting or querying an index with integrated embedding, return a usage parameter with the total tokens generated.

For example, the following request to use the multilingual-e5-large model to generate embeddings for sentences related to the word “apple” might return this request and summary of embedding tokens generated:

Python

# Import the Pinecone library
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
from pinecone import ServerlessSpec
import time

# Initialize a Pinecone client with your API key
pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

# Define a sample dataset where each item has a unique ID and piece of text
data = [
    {"id": "vec1", "text": "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."},
    {"id": "vec2", "text": "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."},
    {"id": "vec3", "text": "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."},
    {"id": "vec4", "text": "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."},
    {"id": "vec5", "text": "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."},
    {"id": "vec6", "text": "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership."}
]

# Convert the text into numerical vectors that Pinecone can index
embeddings = pc.inference.embed(
    model="llama-text-embed-v2",
    inputs=[d['text'] for d in data],
    parameters={"input_type": "passage", "truncate": "END"}
)

print(embeddings)

JavaScript

// Import the Pinecone library
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Initialize a Pinecone client with your API key
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });

// Define a sample dataset where each item has a unique ID and piece of text
const data = [
  { id: 'vec1', text: 'Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture.' },
  { id: 'vec2', text: 'The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone.' },
  { id: 'vec3', text: 'Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack.' },
  { id: 'vec4', text: 'Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces.' },
  { id: 'vec5', text: 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes.' },
  { id: 'vec6', text: 'Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership.' }
];

// Convert the text into numerical vectors that Pinecone can index
const model = 'llama-text-embed-v2';

const embeddings = await pc.inference.embed(
  model,
  data.map(d => d.text),
  { inputType: 'passage', truncate: 'END' }
);

console.log(embeddings);

Java

// Import the required classes
import io.pinecone.clients.Index;
import io.pinecone.clients.Inference;
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import org.openapitools.inference.client.ApiException;
import org.openapitools.inference.client.model.Embedding;
import org.openapitools.inference.client.model.EmbeddingsList;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class GenerateEmbeddings {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        // Initialize a Pinecone client with your API key
        Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
        Inference inference = pc.getInferenceClient();

        // Prepare input sentences to be embedded
        List<DataObject> data = Arrays.asList(
            new DataObject("vec1", "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."),
            new DataObject("vec2", "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."),
            new DataObject("vec3", "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."),
            new DataObject("vec4", "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."),
            new DataObject("vec5", "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."),
            new DataObject("vec6", "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership.")
        );

        List<String> inputs = data.stream()
            .map(DataObject::getText)
            .collect(Collectors.toList());

        // Specify the embedding model and parameters
        String embeddingModel = "llama-text-embed-v2";

        Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
        parameters.put("input_type", "passage");
        parameters.put("truncate", "END");

        // Generate embeddings for the input data
        EmbeddingsList embeddings = inference.embed(embeddingModel, parameters, inputs);

        // Get embedded data
        List<Embedding> embeddedData = embeddings.getData();
    }

    private static List<Float> convertBigDecimalToFloat(List<BigDecimal> bigDecimalValues) {
        return bigDecimalValues.stream()
            .map(BigDecimal::floatValue)
            .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }
}

class DataObject {
    private String id;
    private String text;

    public DataObject(String id, String text) {
        this.id = id;
        this.text = text;
    }

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public String getText() {
        return text;
    }
}

package main

// Import the required packages
import (
    "context"
   	"encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/pinecone"
)

type Data struct {
    ID   string
    Text string
}

type Query struct {
	Text string
}

func prettifyStruct(obj interface{}) string {
    bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "  ")
    return string(bytes)
}

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    // Initialize a Pinecone client with your API key
    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

    // Define a sample dataset where each item has a unique ID and piece of text
    data := []Data{
        {ID: "vec1", Text: "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."},
        {ID: "vec2", Text: "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."},
        {ID: "vec3", Text: "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."},
        {ID: "vec4", Text: "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."},
        {ID: "vec5", Text: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."},
        {ID: "vec6", Text: "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership."},
    }

    // Specify the embedding model and parameters
    embeddingModel := "llama-text-embed-v2"

    docParameters := pinecone.EmbedParameters{
        InputType: "passage",
        Truncate:  "END",
    }

    // Convert the text into numerical vectors that Pinecone can index
    var documents []string
    for _, d := range data {
        documents = append(documents, d.Text)
    }

    docEmbeddingsResponse, err := pc.Inference.Embed(ctx, &pinecone.EmbedRequest{
        Model:      embeddingModel,
        TextInputs: documents,
        Parameters: docParameters,
    }) 
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to embed documents: %v", err)
    } else {
        fmt.Printf(prettifyStruct(docEmbeddingsResponse))
    }
}

curl

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl https://api.pinecone.io/embed \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07" \
  -d '{
      "model": "llama-text-embed-v2",
      "parameters": {
        "input_type": "passage",
        "truncate": "END"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {"text": "Apple is a popular fruit known for its sweetness and crisp texture."},
        {"text": "The tech company Apple is known for its innovative products like the iPhone."},
        {"text": "Many people enjoy eating apples as a healthy snack."},
        {"text": "Apple Inc. has revolutionized the tech industry with its sleek designs and user-friendly interfaces."},
        {"text": "An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as the saying goes."},
        {"text": "Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership."}
      ]
  }'

The returned object looks like this:

Python

EmbeddingsList(
    model='llama-text-embed-v2',
    data=[
        {'values': [0.04925537109375, -0.01313018798828125, -0.0112762451171875, ...]},
        ...
    ],
    usage={'total_tokens': 130}
)

JavaScript

EmbeddingsList(1) [
  {
    values: [
      0.04925537109375, 
      -0.01313018798828125, 
      -0.0112762451171875,
      ...
    ]
  },
  ...
  model: 'llama-text-embed-v2',
  data: [ { values: [Array] } ],
  usage: { totalTokens: 130 }
]

Java

class EmbeddingsList {
    model: llama-text-embed-v2
    data: [class Embedding {
        values: [0.04925537109375, -0.01313018798828125, -0.0112762451171875, ...]
        additionalProperties: null
    }, ...]
    usage: class EmbeddingsListUsage {
        totalTokens: 130
        additionalProperties: null
    }
    additionalProperties: null
}

{
  "data": [
    {
      "values": [
        0.03942871,
        -0.010177612,
        -0.046051025,
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ], 
  "model": "llama-text-embed-v2",
  "usage": {
    "total_tokens": 130
  }
}

curl

{
  "data": [
    {
      "values": [
        0.04925537109375,
        -0.01313018798828125,
        -0.0112762451171875,
        ...
      ]
    }, 
    ...
  ],
  "model": "llama-text-embed-v2",
  "usage": {
    "total_tokens": 130
  }
}

Monitor organization-level usage and costs

Monitor index-level usage

Monitor operation-level usage

Read units

Embedding tokens

See also