Vertex AI Vision pricing
This document explains Vertex AI Vision pricing details.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
Overview
At Google Cloud Next'22 we introduced Vertex AI Vision - a fully managed end-to-end application development environment that lets developers easily build, deploy and manage computer vision (CV) applications for their unique needs.
As part of the service, we have launched a pioneering and innovative monthly pricing model for users along with a standard PAYG model.
Please see sections below for the timelines (availability) and discounts for both the billing models.
| Billing model | October 11, 2022 | December 7, 2022 (GA) | May 2, 2023 | June 1, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go | Available at 100% discount | Available (no discount) | Available (no discount) | Available (no discount) |
| Monthly | NA | NA | Available at 100% discount | Available (no discount) |
October 11, 2022
Billing framework and discounting schedule
The Vertex AI Vision Pre-trained models, Custom models, and Streams will be available for free under a Pay As You Go / Consumption billing model per Table 1 until the end of the Preview launch phase: October 11 2022 - December 7, 2022 (Vertex AI Vision GA date).
Table 1
| Feature | Sub-feature | PAYG | Product level discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streams | Data Ingested | $0.0085 / GB | 100% |
| Data Consumed | $0.0085 / GB | ||
| Pre-trained AI Models and AutoML | Person / Vehicle Count | $0.10 per min | 100% |
| Person / Face Blur | $0.10 per min | 100% | |
| PPE Detection | $0.10 per min | 100% | |
| General Object Detection | $0.10 per min | 100% | |
| Occupancy Analytics Suite | NA | NA | |
| AutoML (detection) for Stream | $0.20 per min | 100% | |
| VIAI1 - Anomaly | NA | 0% | |
| VIAI1 - Assembly | NA | 0% | |
| VIAI1 - Cosmetic | NA | 0% | |
| Custom AI | Training - VIAI | $2 / node hour | 0% |
| Vertex Custom Models | Vertex node price | 100% | |
| Warehouse | Video Storage | $0.020 per GB-mo | 100% |
1 Visual Inspection AI is currently in GA (restricted) - Anomaly,
Assembly, and Cosmetic are available for $100 per camera stream per solution
per month. Contact Google sales for more info.
Billing example
All pre-trained models excluding Visual Inspection AI models (VIAI) are available for free (at 100% discount).
December 7, 2022
Billing framework and discounting schedule
Pre-trained processors, AutoML, and Streams will be available under a Pay As You Go / Consumption billing model with no Product level discounts (Table 2). At this time, sales teams can work with customers to avail Google Cloud discounts as part of the process of signing a deal / commit.
Table 2
| Feature | Sub-feature | PAYG | Product level discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streams | Data Ingested | $0.0085 / GB | 0% |
| Data Consumed | $0.0085 / GB | ||
| Pre-trained AI Models and AutoML | Person / Vehicle Count | $0.10 per min | 0% |
| Person / Face Blur | $0.10 per min | 0% | |
| PPE Detection | $0.10 per min | 0% | |
| General Object Detection | $0.10 per min | 0% | |
| Occupancy Analytics Suite | NA | NA | |
| AutoML (detection) for Stream | $0.20 per min | 0% | |
| VIAI1 - Anomaly | NA | 0% | |
| VIAI1 - Assembly | NA | 0% | |
| VIAI1 - Cosmetic | NA | 0% | |
| Custom AI | Training - VIAI | $2 / node hour | 0% |
| Vertex Custom Models | Vertex node price | 0% | |
| Warehouse | Video Storage | $0.020 per GB-mo | 0% |
1 Visual Inspection AI is currently in GA (restricted) - Anomaly,
Assembly, and Cosmetic are available for $100 per camera stream per solution
per month. Contact Google sales for more info.
Billing examples
Example 1 (with Model)
Under a PAYG model, customers will only pay for components they use. Let's use a simple vehicle counting app for illustrating the pricing.
The components used to build this Car counting app are Streams (Ingress) and Model (Vehicle Counting). User will connect one stream to the vehicle counting processor. At this point no charges will be incurred. Once a user starts streaming video to the app, charges will be incurred.
App Cost = Streaming costs + Analytic costs
Streaming costs = Stream ingressed (GB) * Stream price / GB ($0.0085/GB)
- Total Stream ingressed (GB): Clip size per minute * minutes streamed / 1024
- Clip size: 60 MB / minutes, Minutes of video streamed for processing: 100
- Total Stream ingressed (GB) = 60 MB / Minute * 100 minutes / 1024 MB= 58.6 GB (rounded)
Streaming costs = Stream ingressed (GB) * Stream price / GB
Streaming Costs = 5.86 GB * $0.0085 / GB = $0.049
Analytic Costs = Minutes of Video processed for streaming * Vehicle Counting Processor price / min
Analytic Costs = 100 minutes * $0.10 / min = $10
App Cost = Streaming costs + Analytic costs
Therefore, App Cost = $0.049 + $10 = $10.049
Example 2 (with Warehouse)
Under a PAYG model, customers will only pay for components they use. Let's use a simple warehouse app for illustrating the pricing.
Users will connect one stream to the warehouse and at some point will also download clips that they have searched for in the warehouse. Once a user starts streaming video to the warehouse, charges will be incurred as follows assuming the video is stored for two months.
Total Cost = Month 1 + Month 2
Month1 Cost = Streaming costs (Ingress) + Warehouse costs + Streaming costs (Egress)
Streaming costs (Ingress) = Stream ingressed (GB) * Stream price / GB ($0.0085/GB)
Video stream ingressed (GB) : 10 GB
Streaming costs = Stream ingressed (GB) * Stream price / GB
Streaming Costs = 10 GB * $0.0085 / GB = $0.085
Warehouse Costs = Stored Video (GB) * Storage costs (per month)
Warehouse Costs = 10 GB * $0.020 / GB-mo = *$0.2 / month
Streaming costs (Egress) = Video Clips egressed (GB) * Stream price / GB ($0.0085/GB)
Video clip egressed: 10 MB or equivalently 0.01 GB
Streaming costs (Egress) = Video Clips egressed (GB) * Stream price / GB
Streaming Costs = 0.01 GB * $0.0085 / GB = $0.000085
Month 1 Cost = Streaming costs (Ingress) + Warehouse costs + Streaming costs (Egress)
Month 1 Cost = $0.085 + $0.2 + $0.000085 = $0.285085
Similarly, Month 2 Cost: Assuming no further streaming (ingress or egress) of video and clips Month 2 Cost = Streaming costs (Ingress) + Warehouse costs + Streaming costs (Egress)
Month 2 Cost = $0 + $0.2 + $0 = $0.2
Total Cost = Month 1 cost + Month 2 cost
Total Cost = $0.285085 + $0.2 = $0.485085
May 2, 2023
Billing framework and discounting schedule
The change here will be the launch of our innovative monthly pricing model.
Pre-trained processors, AutoML, and Streams will be offered under a monthly pricing model with 100% discount (Table 3) until the end of the trial period: May 2, 2023 - June 1, 2023.
Also, Pre-trained processors, AutoML, and Streams will be available under a Pay As You Go / Consumption billing model with no Product level discounts (Table 2).
Table 3
| Feature | Sub-feature | Monthly pricing | Product level discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streams1 | Data Ingested | NA (same as PAYG) | NA |
| Data Consumed | NA (same as PAYG) | ||
| Pre-trained AI Models and AutoML | Person / Vehicle Count | $10 per stream per month | 100% |
| Person / Face Blur | $10 per stream per month | 100% | |
| PPE Detection | $10 per stream per month | 100% | |
| General Object Detection | $10 per stream per month | 100% | |
| Occupancy Analytics Suite | $20 per stream per month | 100% | |
| Product recognizer | $0.025 per 1k images* | 0% | |
| Tag recognizer | $0.025 per 1k images* | 0% | |
| AutoML (detection) for Stream | $20 per camera stream per solution per month | 100% | |
| VIAI2 - Anomaly | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| VIAI2 - Assembly | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| VIAI2 - Cosmetic | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| Custom AI | Training - VIAI | NA | NA |
| Vertex Custom Models | NA | NA | |
| Warehouse | Video Storage | NA (same as PAYG) | NA |
1 Edge models only
2 Visual Inspection AI is currently in GA (restricted) - Anomaly,
Assembly, and Cosmetic are available for $100 per camera stream per solution
per month. Contact Google sales for more info.
* each image can contain either one product or one tag
Billing examples
Monthly
All pre-trained models except Visual Inspection AI models (VIAI) are available for free (at 100% discount).
PAYG
See previous example 1 and example 2.
June 2, 2023
Billing framework and discounting schedule
The change here will be removal of the product level discount in the monthly pricing model.
Most pre-trained processors, AutoML, and Streams will be offered under a monthly pricing model with no discount (Table 4).
All pre-trained processors, AutoML, and Streams will be available under a Pay As You Go / Consumption billing model with no Product level discounts (Table 2).
Table 4
| Feature | Sub-feature | Monthly pricing | Product level discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streams1 | Data Ingested | NA (same as PAYG) | NA |
| Data Consumed | NA (same as PAYG) | ||
| Pre-trained AI Models and AutoML | Person / Vehicle Count | $10 per stream per month | 0% |
| Person / Face Blur | $10 per stream per month | 0% | |
| PPE Detection | $10 per stream per month | 0% | |
| General Object Detection | $10 per stream per month | 0% | |
| Occupancy Analytics Suite | $20 per stream per month | 0% | |
| AutoML (detection) for Streams | $20 per stream per month | 0% | |
| VIAI2 - Anomaly | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| VIAI2 - Assembly | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| VIAI2 - Cosmetic | $100 per camera stream per solution per month | 0% | |
| Custom AI | Training - VIAI | NA | NA |
| Vertex Custom Models | NA | NA | |
| Warehouse | Video Storage | NA (same as PAYG) | NA |
1 Edge models only
2 Visual Inspection AI is currently in GA (restricted) - Anomaly,
Assembly, and Cosmetic are available for $100 per camera stream per solution
per month. Contact Google sales for more info.
Billing examples
Monthly
Will be updated after May 26, 2023.
PAYG
See previous example 1 and example 2.
What's next
- Read the Vertex AI Vision documentation.
- Get started with Vertex AI Vision.
- Try the Pricing calculator.
- Learn about Vertex AI Vision solutions and use cases.