# Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases vs Google Vertex AI Search

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases

| Attribute | Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases | Google Vertex AI Search |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 58.2 (74% (medium)) | 47.2 (34% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A fully managed AWS service that automatically handles document ingestion, multimodal content parsing, embedding generation, and intelligent retrieval with optional AI-powered multi-step query planning for complex information lookups. It is indexed under RAG Tools.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"What is Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"Is Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"Can Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, including Amazon S3, SharePoint, Confluence, Google Drive, OneDrive, Web crawlers, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Asana, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"What does Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases is available in the United States, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Sweden, Germany and Ireland. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","question":"Where is Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A comprehensive development platform that enables teams to rapidly create and scale autonomous agents powered by multiple AI model options, with built-in governance, enterprise data grounding, and integration capabilities. It is indexed under RAG Tools.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"What is Google Vertex AI Search?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Vertex AI Search offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"Is Google Vertex AI Search free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Google Vertex AI Search. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"What platforms does Google Vertex AI Search support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google Vertex AI Search, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"Can Google Vertex AI Search be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Google Vertex AI Search, including Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring, BigQuery, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Composer and Service Directory. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"What does Google Vertex AI Search integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Vertex AI Search is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","question":"Where is Google Vertex AI Search available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases automates linking AI models to your organization's data, from extracting and indexing documents to executing intelligent searches that provide models with current, relevant context. | A Google-managed cloud solution that enables rapid development of search engines powered by generative AI and retrieval-augmented generation, supporting indexing and searching across websites and enterprise data. |
| features.capabilities | `{"open_source":false,"multimodal_rag":true,"llm_provider_agnostic":true,"reranking_integration":true,"built_in_rag_eval_metrics":true,"managed_ingestion_pipeline":true,"multi_hop_agentic_retrieval":true}` | `{"multimodal_rag":true,"llm_provider_agnostic":true,"managed_ingestion_pipeline":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"SharePoint"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"OneDrive"},{"name":"Web crawlers"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock AgentCore"},{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Strands"},{"name":"S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Bedrock Data Automation","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Web Crawler","native":true,"category":"web","direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Logging"},{"name":"Google Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Cloud Data Fusion"},{"name":"Cloud Dataflow"},{"name":"Cloud Composer"},{"name":"Service Directory"},{"name":"Gemini","native":true}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["US","BR","DE","IE","IN","ID","IT","JP","SE"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Tier","summary":"Free parsing, $1.00 per 1,000 Agentic API calls, $0.010 per page processed","features":["Multimodal document parsing","Embeddings generation","Standard retrieval API","Agentic multi-step retrieval","Native connectors to S3, SharePoint, Confluence, OneDrive, Google Drive","Web crawler support","Session memory and observability"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"1000 Agentic Retrieve API calls","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"page"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-per-use pricing based on data processing and API calls","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing: free multimodal parsing, $1.00 per 1,000 Agentic Retrieve API calls, $0.010 per processed page","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28T13:42:48.025Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing for tools, storage, compute, and cloud resources. New customers receive $300 in free credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","retrievedAt":"2026-09-06T13:44:28.320Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"PCI-DSS","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"},{"name":"HIPAA/HITECH","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"},{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"},{"name":"FIPS 140-3","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"},{"name":"NIST 800-171","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/security/ | - |

## Capabilities (RAG Tools)

| Capability | Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases | Google Vertex AI Search |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Hybrid retrieval | - | - |
| Reranking integration | ✓ | - |
| Multi hop agentic retrieval | ✓ | - |
| Embedding provider agnostic | - | - |
| LLM provider agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built in rag eval metrics | ✓ | - |
| Citation attribution | - | - |
| Multimodal rag | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed ingestion pipeline | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:29:49.336Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*