Google Vertex AI Search Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Google Vertex AI Search costs $0.00 to $2.50 per 1 hour as of July 2026, with 5 plans available. Plans: Agent Search - Configurable Pricing - Core Subscription - Storage Unit at $0.001369863/1 hour, Grounded Generation API - Grounded Generation for grounding on your own retrieved data at $2.5/1 hour, Check Grounding API pricing at $0.00075/1 hour, Document AI feature pricing - Digitize text - OCR processor at $1.5/1 hour, and Ranking API pricing - Rank documents at $1/1 hour. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
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Google Vertex AI Search offers 5 pricing tiers: Agent Search - Configurable Pricing - Core Subscription - Storage Unit, Grounded Generation API - Grounded Generation for grounding on your own retrieved data, Check Grounding API pricing, Document AI feature pricing - Digitize text - OCR processor, Ranking API pricing - Rank documents. Paid plans include Agent Search - Configurable Pricing - Core Subscription - Storage Unit at $0.001369863/1 hour, Grounded Generation API - Grounded Generation for grounding on your own retrieved data at $2.5/1,000 count, Check Grounding API pricing at $0.00075/1,000 count.
Google Vertex AI Search lists $0.00075-$2.5/1 hour, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of July 2026. Verified from 1 sources by CostBench.
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