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Vertex AI Agents

Build AI agents on Google Cloud

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★4.3ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Vertex AI Agents does

Vertex AI Agent Builder lets teams create grounded agents with enterprise data and Google Search.

How Vertex AI Agents compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Vertex AI Agents does. All 5 offer an API, as Vertex AI Agents does. Vertex AI Agents offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app. Vertex AI Agents was founded in 2023; the alternatives on record were all founded in 2023. Vertex AI Agents is based in San Francisco, United States; 1 of the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States too, and the others in Germany.

Market position · Agents

How Vertex AI Agents compares in Agents

Vertex AI Agents has high opportunity and sits in the middle third of 423 live Agents tools on FalcoScan. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates Vertex AI Agents's own market position as open. 179 of the 423 operating Agents tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 15 shutdowns in the category.

Vertex AI Agents compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Vertex AI AgentsFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Semantic Kernel AgentsFounded 2023 · Redmond, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIHot
Beam Workforce AIFounded 2023 · Berlin, GermanyHighOpenPaid—NoYesWebHot
Lumina AI AgentsFounded 2023HighContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot
Sema4Founded 2023HighContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot
SkaleAgentsModerateOpenFree—YesYesWeb, APIStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Agents.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Vertex AI Agents exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

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Questions

Vertex AI Agents: common questions

Is Vertex AI Agents free?

Vertex AI Agents has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Vertex AI Agents?

The closest alternatives to Vertex AI Agents that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Semantic Kernel Agents, Beam Workforce AI, Lumina AI Agents, Sema4, and SkaleAgents.

Is Vertex AI Agents still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Vertex AI Agents as operating at cloud.google.com.

Where is Vertex AI Agents based?

Vertex AI Agents is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Vertex AI Agents have an API?

Yes. Vertex AI Agents offers an API.

Who is Vertex AI Agents for?

Vertex AI Agents is built for enterprises and developers.

How do I sign in to Vertex AI Agents?

Sign in on Vertex AI Agents's own website, cloud.google.com. FalcoScan reviews Vertex AI Agents but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Vertex AI Agents directly.

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