Vertex AI Search vs Vertex AI Vector Search
Google has two retrieval products under the Vertex AI brand: Vector Search, a managed ANN index, and Vertex AI Search, Discovery Engine. When to use each.
May 19, 2026·6 min read
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Google has two retrieval products under the Vertex AI brand: Vector Search, a managed ANN index, and Vertex AI Search, Discovery Engine. When to use each.
Gateco enforces the same deny-by-default policies across AWS OpenSearch, Azure AI Search, and Google Vertex AI, so RAG governance stays consistent everywhere.
Gateco now integrates with Google Vertex AI Vector Search and Vertex AI Search, bringing deny-by-default retrieval, ABAC policies, and audit trails to GCP.