2/20/2025 · Ben Esh, Shimshon Zimmerman
What this post added
This post announces the public preview of Pinecone BYOC, extending support to AWS, GCP, and Azure. It details the zero-access operating model, self-serve deployment, and the architecture comprising a customer-hosted data plane and a Pinecone-managed control plane. Key benefits like enhanced security, compliance, enterprise-grade access controls, private multi-tenant regions, flexible AWS region deployment, and cost savings through existing cloud discounts are highlighted. The post also elaborates on the principle of least privilege, RBAC, and secure access for maintenance via customer-controlled VPNs.