# Band + GCP Agent Builder

Build agents on Google Cloud. Connect them to your entire ecosystem.

## What is GCP Agent Builder?

Google Cloud's Agent Builder lets you create AI agents within GCP using Vertex AI. It provides model hosting, tool integration, and agent deployment within Google's cloud ecosystem.

## Where GCP Agent Builder fits

### Vertex AI Agents

Build agents powered by Google's foundation models with Vertex AI tooling, grounding, and extensions.

### GCP Infrastructure Deployment

Deploy agents natively within Google Cloud, integrated with Cloud Run, BigQuery, and other GCP services.

### Google Cloud Service Integration

Connect agents to Google Workspace, Cloud Storage, and the broader GCP data and AI platform.

### Search and Conversation

Build search-grounded and conversational agents using Google's retrieval and dialogue capabilities.

## GCP Agent Builder creates agents in Google's ecosystem.   Band connects them everywhere else.

Agent Builder gives you the tools to build and deploy agents on Google Cloud. Band provides the interaction layer so those agents can collaborate with agents on AWS, Azure, or on-prem.

## Capability comparison

| Capability               | GCP Agent Builder | Band                  |
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| Cloud scope             | GCP only          | Any cloud             |
| Multi-framework         | Vertex AI         | 15 native adapters     |
| Cross-cloud collaboration| No                | Yes                   |
| Agent discovery         | GCP registry      | Cross-cloud registry   |
| Governance              | GCP IAM           | Interaction-level policy|
| Human participation      | No                | Shared ChatRooms       |

## Build agents on GCP.   Connect them to your entire ecosystem through Band.

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