Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI Agent Builder)
Production-grade agents on Google Cloud
Google Cloud’s enterprise platform for building, deploying, governing, and operating production AI agents with Gemini models, ADK, Agent Engine, tools, memory, and cloud controls.
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About Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI Agent Builder)
Google Vertex AI Agent Builder lets enterprises build and deploy AI agents grounded in their own data. Part of Google Cloud, it supports retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, and multi-agent orchestration at scale, with the security and infrastructure expected of enterprise cloud deployments.
✅ Pros
- +Enterprise-grade scale and security
- +Grounds agents in your own data (RAG)
- +Multi-agent orchestration support
- +Tight Google Cloud integration
❌ Cons
- −Requires Google Cloud expertise
- −Pay-as-you-go costs need monitoring
- −Overkill for small projects
Key Features
Data Grounding
Build agents that answer from your enterprise data with RAG.
Tool & Function Calling
Let agents take actions through APIs and connected tools.
Multi-Agent Orchestration
Coordinate multiple agents for complex enterprise workflows.
Pricing Plans
- ✓Scales with usage
- ✓Enterprise security
- ✓Google Cloud integration
Prices, plan limits, and promotions may change. Verify final pricing on the official site.
🏆 Our Verdict
Vertex AI Agent Builder is built for enterprises that need to deploy data-grounded AI agents at scale on Google Cloud. It's powerful but assumes cloud expertise — ideal for ML teams already in the Google ecosystem, overkill for smaller projects.
✅ Best For
💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Is Vertex AI Agents free?
Pay-as-you-go pricing. Google Cloud free tier covers some usage. No flat monthly subscription.
Who is Vertex AI Agents best for?
Enterprise developers building production AI agents on Google Cloud infrastructure.
What models can Vertex AI Agents use?
Gemini models plus open models like Llama and Mistral available through the Model Garden.
Quick Info
- Pricing
- paid
- Category
- ai-agents
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5.0
- Last Reviewed
- 2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00
💰 Pricing Breakdown
Official usage pricing verified 2026-08-24: no fixed monthly plan. Current Agent Engine Runtime is $0.0864/vCPU-hour plus $0.0090/GiB-hour; Code Execution uses the same compute rates; Sessions are $0.25/1,000 stored events; Memory Bank is $0.25/1,000 stored memories plus model cost and $0.50/1,000 retrieved memories. Model, search, storage, network and other Cloud resources bill separately; region and model affect total cost. Eligible new Google Cloud customers may receive up to $300 credits.
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