Pinecone Advanced Serverless vs Pods | Aspect | Pods (legacy) | Serverless (default for new projects) | |---|---|---| | Capacity unit | Per-pod RAM | Elastic — scales on read/write | | Pricing | Per-pod per-hour | Per read/write unit + storage | | Cold starts | None (always warm) | Possible on first query after idle | | Min cost | $70/month (s1.x1) | Can run < $1/month at low traffic | | Max vectors/index | Pod-limited | Effectively unlimited | | Regions | All providers | Fewer regions in serverless | | Hybrid sparse-dense | Yes | Yes (2024+) | Serverless is the correct default for new deploy…