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01. Select a source02. Transform in-flight03. Deliver to Pinecone
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Pinecone connector details

The Pinecone materialization connector transforms documents from Estuary collections into vector embeddings using the OpenAI Embedding API and stores them in a Pinecone index for real-time semantic search and retrieval.

  • AI-powered embedding generation: Automatically converts Flow collection data into dense vector representations using OpenAI’s text-embedding-ada-002 model (or a custom embedding model if specified).
  • Real-time vector storage: Inserts or updates vector embeddings in Pinecone namespaces, keeping your search index continuously in sync with source data.
  • Flexible field inclusion: Embeddings are generated from scalar fields by default, with the option to include arrays and objects through projections.
  • Metadata preservation: Stores the full Flow document as JSON metadata (flow_document) in Pinecone for easy retrieval alongside embeddings.
  • Upsert-based delta updates: Uses Flow’s delta update mechanism to replace or insert vectors efficiently, ensuring idempotent synchronization.
  • Seamless multi-cloud support: Works with any Pinecone environment (e.g., us-central1-gcp) and supports optional OpenAI organization scoping for enterprise setups.

💡 Tip: To optimize Pinecone memory usage, disable metadata indexing for the flow_document field—this field is only used for retrieval, not filtering.

For more details about the Pinecone connector, check out the documentation page.

How to connect your data source to Pinecone in 3 easy steps

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Connect your data source

Select from more than 100 supported databases and SaaS platforms including PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, and Kafka.

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Prepare and transform your data

Apply transformations and schema mapping as data moves whether you are streaming in real time or loading in batches.

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Sync to Pinecone

Continuously or periodically deliver data into your destination with support for change data capture and reliable delivery for accurate insights.

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HIGH THROUGHPUT

Distributed event-driven architecture enable boundless scaling with exactly-once semantics.

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DURABLE REPLICATION

Cloud storage backed CDC w/ heart beats ensures reliability, even if your destination is down.

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REAL-TIME INGESTION

Capture and relay every insert, update, and delete in milliseconds.

Real-timehigh throughput

Point a connector and replicate changes to Pinecone in <100ms. Leverage high-availability, high-throughput Change Data Capture.Or choose from 100s of batch and real-time connectors to move and transform data using ELT and ETL.

  • Ensure your Pinecone insights always reflect the latest data by connecting your databases to Pinecone with change data capture.
  • Or connect critical SaaS apps to Pinecone with real-time data pipelines.

See how you can integrate any source with Pinecone:

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Pipelines as fast as Kafka, easy as managed ELT/ETL, cheaper than building it.

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Speed<100ms5min+Varies<100ms
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Popular sources/destinations you can sync your data with

Choose from more than 100 supported databases and SaaS applications. Click any source/destination below to open the integration guide and learn how to sync your data in real time or batches.