# How AI answer engines name Pinecone

> Across 1,236 answers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI surfaces gave to buyer questions about AI Infrastructure between May 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026, Pinecone was named in 199 (16.1%).

- URL: https://paralabs.ai/brands/pinecone
- Data through: October 21, 2026
- Domain profile: [pinecone.io](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/pinecone.io)

## By engine

Answers each engine gave to buyer questions about AI Infrastructure, Enterprise AI and AI Security & Privacy, and how many of them named Pinecone.

| Engine | Named | Answers | Rate |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| ChatGPT | 40 | 722 | 5.5% |
| Claude | 50 | 734 | 6.8% |
| Gemini | 98 | 734 | 13.4% |
| Perplexity | 36 | 705 | 5.1% |
| Google AI Mode | 13 | 125 | 10.4% |
| Google AI Overviews | 3 | 48 | 6.3% |

## By question type

The same answers, split by the shape of the buyer question.

| Question type | Named | Answers | Rate |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Best-of | 95 | 420 | 22.6% |
| Ranked list | 8 | 419 | 1.9% |
| Head-to-head | 10 | 427 | 2.3% |
| Is it worth it | 33 | 442 | 7.5% |
| How to choose | 48 | 441 | 10.9% |
| Problem first | 18 | 418 | 4.3% |
| News | 28 | 501 | 5.6% |

## Week by week

Pinecone was named in at least one answer in 15 of the 18 weeks on record; the latest was the week of October 19, 2026.

Each week's answers to buyer questions about AI Infrastructure, Enterprise AI and AI Security & Privacy, Monday to Sunday, newest first, and how many of them named Pinecone. The questions asked can differ from one week to the next.

| Week of | Named | Answers | Rate |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| October 19, 2026 (through October 21, 2026) | 1 | 89 | 1.1% |
| October 12, 2026 | 31 | 268 | 11.6% |
| October 5, 2026 | 37 | 359 | 10.3% |
| September 28, 2026 | 28 | 336 | 8.3% |
| September 21, 2026 | 34 | 336 | 10.1% |
| July 27, 2026 | 0 | 120 | 0.0% |
| July 20, 2026 | 20 | 344 | 5.8% |
| July 13, 2026 | 35 | 388 | 9.0% |
| July 6, 2026 | 26 | 327 | 8.0% |
| June 29, 2026 | 6 | 48 | 12.5% |
| June 22, 2026 | 2 | 40 | 5.0% |
| June 15, 2026 | 0 | 53 | 0.0% |
| June 8, 2026 | 0 | 52 | 0.0% |
| June 1, 2026 | 5 | 35 | 14.3% |
| May 25, 2026 | 1 | 111 | 0.9% |
| May 18, 2026 | 6 | 111 | 5.4% |
| May 11, 2026 | 7 | 48 | 14.6% |
| May 4, 2026 (from May 10, 2026) | 1 | 3 | 33.3% |

## Named first

When an answer named Pinecone alongside another brand in this record, it was named first in 136 of 222 (61.3%).

## Named alongside

- [Weaviate](https://paralabs.ai/brands/weaviate): named together in 175 answers
- [LangChain](https://paralabs.ai/brands/langchain): named together in 65 answers
- [LlamaIndex](https://paralabs.ai/brands/llamaindex): named together in 59 answers
- [Cohere](https://paralabs.ai/brands/cohere): named together in 52 answers
- [MongoDB](https://paralabs.ai/brands/mongodb): named together in 20 answers
- [Langfuse](https://paralabs.ai/brands/langfuse): named together in 12 answers
- [vLLM](https://paralabs.ai/brands/vllm): named together in 11 answers
- [Claude](https://paralabs.ai/brands/claude): named together in 10 answers

## Sources the engines cited when they named Pinecone

Domains cited in answers that named Pinecone, by the number of those answers that cited them.

| Domain | Answers |
| --- | ---: |
| [medium.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/medium.com) | 58 |
| [firecrawl.dev](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/firecrawl.dev) | 46 |
| [zenml.io](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/zenml.io) | 38 |
| [atlan.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/atlan.com) | 31 |
| [arxiv.org](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/arxiv.org) | 30 |
| [redis.io](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/redis.io) | 28 |
| [youtube.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/youtube.com) | 25 |
| [actian.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/actian.com) | 24 |
| [dev.to](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/dev.to) | 24 |
| [reddit.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/reddit.com) | 24 |

Pinecone's own site ([pinecone.io](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/pinecone.io)) was cited in 10 of 241 (4.1%).

Across every answer run in the Machine Relations Index, not only the answers that named Pinecone, pinecone.io was cited in 15 of 29,566 (0.05%), by all 6 engines it observes. The Index is still collecting evidence on pinecone.io before it grades or ranks it.

Across every AI Infrastructure buyer question, not only the answers that named Pinecone, the Machine Relations Index ranks [which sources AI engines cite for AI Infrastructure questions](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure).

## All categories

| Category | Named | Answers | Rate |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | 199 | 1,236 | 16.1% |
| Enterprise AI | 28 | 501 | 5.6% |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | 13 | 1,331 | 1.0% |
| Infrastructure & Dev Tools | 1 | 489 | 0.2% |

## How this is measured

Names are matched case-sensitively from each brand's own homepage title, in answers stored by the Machine Relations Index. Only derived counts are published here; no answer text is. A brand appears only once it has been named in at least 10 answers on 7 separate days. A name match counts a mention. It does not count a recommendation, and it does not measure sentiment. Categories are the Index's buyer-question categories. Source: [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/machine-relations-index).

## FAQ

### Does ChatGPT recommend Pinecone?

ChatGPT named Pinecone in 40 of 722 answers (5.5%) to buyer questions about AI Infrastructure, Enterprise AI and AI Security & Privacy between May 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026. This record counts a name, not a recommendation: it does not judge whether the answer endorsed Pinecone.

### Which sources do AI engines cite when they mention Pinecone?

The domains cited most often in answers that named Pinecone were medium.com (58 answers), firecrawl.dev (46 answers) and zenml.io (38 answers).

### Which AI engine names Pinecone most often?

Gemini, at 13.4%: it named Pinecone in 98 of 734 answers to buyer questions about AI Infrastructure, Enterprise AI and AI Security & Privacy.

## Machine-readable related links

- Primary concept: [AI brand visibility](https://paralabs.ai/brands)
- Related brand: [How AI answer engines name Weaviate](https://paralabs.ai/brands/weaviate)
- Related brand: [How AI answer engines name LangChain](https://paralabs.ai/brands/langchain)
- Related brand: [How AI answer engines name LlamaIndex](https://paralabs.ai/brands/llamaindex)
- Source data: [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/machine-relations-index)
- Research index: [Para Labs brand index](https://paralabs.ai/brands)
- Machine manifest: [Para Labs machine manifest](https://paralabs.ai/machine-manifest.json)