Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings on GCP Vertex AI
Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings · Google DeepMind
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Why use Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings on GCP Vertex AI?
GCP Vertex AI offers Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings with free input token pricing. Vertex AI is Google Cloud's managed AI platform, offering access to Gemini models and hundreds of partner models alongside tools for fine-tuning, grounding, vector search, and end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install google-cloud-aiplatformexport GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")multimodalembeddingRequest example
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("multimodalembedding")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Gotchas
- For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | Free |
| Output tokens | Free |
Capabilities
About Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings
Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings is Google Cloud's foundation embedding model for image, text, and video inputs. It supports cross-modal retrieval and semantic search through the Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings API.
FAQ
What does Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings cost on GCP Vertex AI?
On GCP Vertex AI, Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings costs $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens.
Who created Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings?
Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings was created by Google DeepMind as part of the Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings model family.
Is Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings open source?
Vertex AI Multimodal Embeddings is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.