Google Vertex AI
🌍 International
Google Vertex AI is for teams already building on Google Cloud that need Gemini, embeddings, Imagen, MLOps, IAM, logging, and enterprise governance. Compared with Gemini AI Studio free testing, Vertex AI is more production/cloud-integration oriented; the key checks are project billing, region, quota, model permissions, cost, and Mainland China fallback access.
🎁 Free Tier
Daily Limit: Requires a Google Cloud project, billing, and regional model quota
| Model | Context | Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini on Vertex AI | model-specific | quota-based by project, model, and region | Gemini API access with Google Cloud IAM, quota, and monitoring |
| Vertex AI Embeddings | model-specific | quota-based by project, model, and region | Common for enterprise search, RAG, classification, and recommendation |
| Imagen / multimodal models | model-specific | quota-based by project, model, and region | Image and multimodal capabilities vary by region, model, and project permission |
🔑 Free API
No free API available