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Google Vertex AI Agent Builder

by Google Cloud

Build, deploy, and scale enterprise AI agents on Google Cloud

Pros

  • No flat fee — pay only for usage
  • Enterprise-grade Google Cloud infra
  • Broad model choice via Model Garden
  • Generous free quotas to start

Cons

  • Multi-dimensional pricing is complex
  • Model tokens often the largest cost
  • Requires Google Cloud familiarity

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Enterprises building production agents on Google Cloud
  • Teams needing grounded RAG over large enterprise datasets
  • Developers wanting a managed, scalable agent runtime with Gemini

✕ Not the best fit for

  • Hobbyists wanting a simple flat-rate or free tool
  • Non-technical users without cloud/DevOps experience
  • Teams avoiding cloud vendor lock-in

Features

  • ✓ API access
  • ✓ Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • ✓ Multi-agent
  • ✓ Agent Runtime
  • ✓ Function Calling
  • ✓ Enterprise search
  • ✓ Gemini
  • ✓ Grounding

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Free Tier / Trial$0monthFree monthly Agent Engine quota (~50 vCPU-hours + 100 GB-hours memory); new GCP customers also get $300 in credits for 90 days. No flat free product tier
Agent Engine (runtime)$0.0864vCPU-hourManaged agent runtime compute; plus $0.0090 per GB-hour of memory. Underlying Gemini/model tokens billed separately
Sessions & Memory Bank$0.25per 1,000 eventsStored session events and agent 'memories'; billing began early 2026
Vertex AI Search / grounding$4.00-$6.00per 1,000 queries~$4.00 per 1k standard queries, ~$6.00 per 1k advanced queries, for RAG grounding over enterprise data; storage billed per GiB
Enterprise / committed useCustomyearCommitted-use discounts and enterprise agreements via Google Cloud sales (platform now branded Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

Specifications

modelsGemini, Claude, Model Garden
vcpu_rate$0.0864/vCPU-hr (since Dec 16 2025)
pricing_modelPure usage-based
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