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Vertex AI

by Google

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Vertex AI is Google Cloud's fully managed machine learning platform, providing access to Gemini, PaLM, Imagen, and other Google foundation models alongside tools for fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment. Its Model Garden offers 130+ models from Google and third parties. Vertex AI Studio provides a no-code playground for prompt engineering, while the SDK enables programmatic integration into applications. Enterprises choose Vertex AI for its deep integration with BigQuery, Google's data infrastructure, and for compliance-grade AI deployment with audit logging and VPC controls.

Vertex AI features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.

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✨ Modalities

💬
Text Input
Yes, requires plus plan. Gemini and other models via Generate Content API and Agent Studio.
🖼️
Image Upload / Vision
Yes, requires plus plan. Gemini multimodal accepts images in the API and console.
🎨
Image Generation
Yes, requires plus plan. Imagen models in Model Garden and Vertex AI Studio.
🎙️
Voice Mode
Partial. Speech APIs exist. Not a consumer voice-chat loop like Gemini app.
🎥
Video Understanding
Yes, requires plus plan. Gemini video understanding in Agent Studio and the API.
🎬
Video Generation
Yes, requires plus plan. Vertex AI serves Veo and other video generation models.
📁
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
Yes, requires plus plan. RAG with Cloud Storage and document ingestion in Agent Builder.
💻
Code Execution
Partial. Colab Enterprise and notebooks for code. Not a chat Python sandbox.
🔊
Audio Input
Partial. Speech-to-text models available. Vertex is a platform, not a voice assistant.
🖌️
Canvas / Artifact Editor
No. Studio is a dev console, not a consumer canvas.
🖥️
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. No computer-use desktop product.

🧠 Memory & Context

🧠
Persistent Memory
Partial. RAG corpora and agent session config. Distinct from consumer Gemini memory.
📏
Large Context Window
Unknown. Depends on the Gemini/model version deployed.
⚙️
Custom Instructions
Yes, requires plus plan. System instructions in Agent Studio and API prompts.
📜
Conversation History
Partial. Session state in agents. API calls are otherwise stateless.

🔌 Integrations

🌐
Web Search / Browsing
Partial. Grounding with Google Search in Gemini API. Enterprise Agent Platform feature set.
🔌
Plugins / Extensions
Yes, requires plus plan. Extensions, tools, and Model Garden integrations.
🔧
API Access
Yes, requires plus plan. Vertex AI REST/gRPC SDK. $300 credits for new accounts.
⚡
Zapier Integration
Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked.
🤖
Custom GPTs / Bots
Yes, requires plus plan. Agent Builder and Agent Studio deploy custom agents.
👥
Real-time Collaboration
Partial. IAM-shared console and notebooks. Not multiplayer chat.
🐦
Live Social Data Integration
No. No live social firehose product.
📚
Live Citation Mapping
Partial. Grounding with Search returns citations. RAG returns source chunks.

👨‍💻 Developer

🛠️
Function Calling
Yes, requires plus plan. Function calling in Gemini and agent tool use.
⚡
Streaming Responses
Yes, requires plus plan. Streaming generateContent responses.
🎛️
Fine-Tuning
Yes, requires plus plan. Supervised fine-tuning and tuning jobs in Vertex AI.
📐
Embeddings API
Yes, requires plus plan. Text embeddings and Vector Search.
📋
Structured Output (JSON)
Yes, requires plus plan. JSON schema / response schema in Gemini API.
🧩
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
Partial. Thinking/reasoning models in Gemini 2.x family. Platform-level, not a single toggle.
🏠
Local Execution
No. Cloud GCP inference. Distinct from Antigravity local dev.
🔓
Open Weights
Partial. Model Garden hosts open models (Gemma, Llama) plus Google proprietary models.
🤖
Multi-Agent Orchestration
Yes, requires plus plan. Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform supports multi-agent flows.

📱 Platforms

🌐
Web App
Yes, requires plus plan. Google Cloud console and Vertex AI Studio.
📱
iOS App
No. No consumer iOS app. Distinct from Gemini mobile.
🤖
Android App
No. No consumer Android app.
🖥️
Desktop App
No. Browser console, not a desktop chat app.
🔵
Chrome Extension
No. No Chrome extension.

🔒 Privacy

🔒
GDPR Compliant
Partial. Google Cloud compliance offerings. Specific Vertex DPA not re-read.
🚫
Opt Out of Data Training
Partial. Enterprise terms restrict training on customer data. Consumer Gemini policies differ.
🏢
Enterprise Privacy Mode
Yes, requires enterprise plan. VPC-SC, CMEK, and Gemini Enterprise privacy controls.

💼 Workspaces

📂
Projects / Folders
Unknown. Overlapping columns disagreed (yes vs partial); left unverified rather than copying a no.