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This page describes the limits and known limitations for Pinecone Database. Each topic has its own reference page:
Rate limits
: request-per-second, monthly usage, and model throughput limits that vary by pricing plan, plus the
429
errors you get when you exceed them.
Object limits
: the number or size of projects, users, indexes, namespaces, storage, backups, and collections allowed by plan.
Operation limits
: fixed batch-size limits for upsert, import, query, fetch, and delete, plus metadata filter limits.
Identifier limits
: maximum length and allowed characters for organization, project, index, namespace, and record identifiers.
Known limitations
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