Vertex AI Search

intermediate
gcp & services
Enhanced Content

Definition

Google's enterprise search service offering Google-quality search with semantic understanding, vector search, and RAG capabilities for building intelligent search experiences. Formerly known as Google Cloud Enterprise Search.

Real-World Example

A media company uses Vertex AI Search to help users find relevant articles and videos across their content library using natural language questions.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

Vertex AI Search is a managed enterprise search and retrieval service with semantic understanding and RAG-style grounding. Amazon Kendra and Azure AI Search are the closest managed enterprise search equivalents (connectors, relevance tuning, semantic search). OCI commonly uses OpenSearch-based OCI Search for indexing and querying; it can support vector search depending on OpenSearch capabilities and configuration, but it is generally more DIY than Vertex AI Search.

AWS
Amazon Kendra
AZ
Azure AI Search
GCP
Vertex AI Search
OCI
OCI Search with OpenSearch

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