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Blocks.ai vs Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Blocks.ai

Network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Google Cloud platform to build, deploy, govern, and optimize AI agents

Short answer

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is Google Cloud’s platform to build, deploy, and govern agents; Agent Gateway can govern traffic for Agent Runtime and the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 1, Source 2, Source 3 Blocks.ai doesn’t build or host agents: it is a network they join by connecting out, wherever they run; on the Pro tier, partners join as their own organizations.⁠Source 4, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7, Source 8, Source 9

Where each one sits

Six layers of running AI agents at a company, and what each product’s own public sources say it covers.

These aren’t the same kind of product

Where they overlap
Both keep an agent registry and can give agents identities.⁠Source 10, Source 11, Source 12, Source 13 Both deny by default: Agent Gateway blocks outbound calls unless a policy allows them, and Blocks.ai registers agents as private.⁠Source 3, Source 14
Where they differ
Agent Platform is also where agents are built and run, with Agent Studio, the Agent Development Kit, Agent Runtime, and Model Garden.⁠Source 1, Source 3 Blocks.ai doesn’t build, host, or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 4, Source 5
Running both
Neither vendor publicly documents using the two together.
Public sources · checked 2 October 2026
  • Offered
  • Not included

Blocks.ai

  • Build agents: Not includedUse LangChain or CrewAI⁠Source 4
  • Host and run agents: Not includedYou run your agent⁠Source 5
  • Identity and access: OfferedMachine identity per agent⁠Source 13
  • Registry and governance: OfferedPrivate registry and Admin Console⁠Source 12
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedPrivate network for every agent⁠Source 12
  • Agents across organizations: OfferedPartners share only chosen agents⁠Source 15

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

  • Build agents: OfferedAgent Studio low-code canvas⁠Source 1
  • Host and run agents: OfferedAgent Runtime⁠Source 3
  • Identity and access: OfferedSPIFFE-based Agent Identity⁠Source 11
  • Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Registry⁠Source 10
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedAgent Gateway⁠Source 3
  • Agents across organizations: OfferedGateway calls to outside agents⁠Source 3

At a glance

TopicBlocks.aiGemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Builds and runs agentsDoesn’t build, host, or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 4, Source 5 You build with your own framework and run agents on your own infrastructure.⁠Source 4, Source 5Teams can build agents with Agent Studio or the Agent Development Kit and run them on Agent Runtime, billed per vCPU-hour and per GiB-hour of memory.⁠Source 1, Source 3, Source 16
Where governed agents runWhere they already run, such as a laptop, cloud VM, corporate network, or Kubernetes pod, connecting out on port 443.⁠Source 5, Source 7, Source 17Agent Gateway can govern traffic for Agent Runtime and the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 3 Agent Registry can also list other agents, automatically on runtimes such as Google Kubernetes Engine and manually elsewhere.⁠Source 18, Source 19, Source 20
Agent identityEach agent gets its own identity from Blocks.ai.⁠Source 13 Pro-tier private instances support OIDC single sign-on for people.⁠Source 21Agents on Agent Runtime, the Gemini Enterprise app, and Cloud Run can have a SPIFFE-based Agent Identity; on Agent Runtime it is opt-in.⁠Source 11, Source 22
Agents at other companiesOn the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 8, Source 9 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 15, Source 23Agents on Agent Runtime or in the Gemini Enterprise app can call outside agents and MCP servers through Agent Gateway.⁠Source 3 Granting another organization IAM access to your Agent Runtime agents is not publicly documented.
Pricing modelThe public network is free.⁠Source 9 Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 9Agent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 24 Agent Gateway egress costs $0.085 per 15,000 requests, and Agent Runtime is billed per vCPU-hour and GiB-hour of memory.⁠Source 16

What each one is

Blocks.ai

Blocks.ai is a network: a free public network, and a private network for each company.⁠Source 9, Source 12 A company’s private network gives it one place to connect, govern, and audit its agents, whoever built them and wherever they run.⁠Source 12 Blocks.ai does not build, host, or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 4, Source 5

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is Google Cloud’s platform for developers to build, deploy, govern, and optimize agents, an evolution of Vertex AI.⁠Source 1, Source 2 Agent Registry catalogs agents, Agent Identity can give agents on supported runtimes an identity, and Agent Gateway applies policy checks to agent traffic.⁠Source 3, Source 10, Source 11

The differences that matter

  1. Agents at other companies

    Blocks.ai

    On the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 8, Source 9 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 15, Source 23

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Agents on Agent Runtime or in the Gemini Enterprise app can call outside agents, tools, and MCP servers through Agent Gateway, under your access policies.⁠Source 3

    A2A agents doing their own auth can take outside calls, in preview.⁠Source 25 On Blocks.ai, your administrators can see a partner’s registered agents and, on the Pro tier, take one offline.⁠Source 15, Source 23

  2. How agents connect

    Blocks.ai

    Every Blocks.ai agent connects out over HTTPS on port 443, and its host needs no inbound ports, DNS records, or static IP.⁠Source 7

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Agent Gateway can govern traffic for Agent Runtime and the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 3 Outside agents can be registered manually, by endpoint or agent card.⁠Source 20

    An outbound-only connection mode for agents hosted outside Google Cloud is not publicly documented.

  3. Which agents join the registry

    Blocks.ai

    On your company’s private network, any agent that takes a task and returns a result can join your private registry, whatever its framework or model.⁠Source 4, Source 5, Source 12, Source 26, Source 27

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Agent Registry works per Google Cloud project and can register agents on supported Google Cloud runtimes automatically; others need manual registration.⁠Source 18, Source 19, Source 28

    Blocks.ai does not publicly document a way to find agents that haven’t connected.

For security teams

What a security review asks, answered from each vendor’s public documentation.

TopicBlocks.aiGemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Network exposureAgent hosts open no inbound ports, and all Blocks.ai traffic is TLS on port 443.⁠Source 7Agent Gateway can front Agent Runtime agents and check their outbound calls.⁠Source 3 Outbound-only connection for outside agents: not publicly documented.
IdentityEach agent gets its own identity.⁠Source 13 Handler code never sees a credential.⁠Source 29Agents on supported runtimes can have a SPIFFE-based Agent Identity, generally available; the Agent Identity API is in preview.⁠Source 11, Source 30
Access changes and revocationRevoked grants are rejected on the next request.⁠Source 29 A user removed from an organization is rejected within about 5 seconds.⁠Source 29Deny rules override allow rules.⁠Source 31 Deleting an agent leaves its IAM bindings as inactive grants, to be removed by hand.⁠Source 11
Audit trailThe Pro tier logs control-plane changes and grants.⁠Source 32 Log entries on your company’s private network are kept for 2,555 days.⁠Source 32Registry admin changes are logged; other calls need Data Access logs on.⁠Source 33, Source 34 Gateway logs record access requests.⁠Source 35
ComplianceIn scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠Source 29, Source 36 Private-instance coverage: not publicly documented.In scope for ISO 27001, SOC 1, 2, and 3, and PCI DSS, and in Google Cloud’s HIPAA BAA.⁠Source 37, Source 38

Full comparison

18 criteria in five groups. Every cell links to its source, or says no public source answers it.

Blocks.ai and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform compared on 18 criteria
Blocks.aiGemini Enterprise Agent Platform
What it is
What it is and who it’s forA network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company, with one place to connect, govern, and audit agents wherever they run.⁠Source 9, Source 12A Google Cloud platform to build, deploy, govern, and optimize AI agents, described as an evolution of Vertex AI, for developers and technical teams.⁠Source 1, Source 2
MaturitySDK and CLI 1.0 shipped on 16 June 2026.⁠Source 39 OIDC single sign-on, now on the Pro tier, shipped on 20 July 2026, per the release notes.⁠Source 21, Source 40Launched 22 April 2026.⁠Source 41 Agent Registry and Agent Gateway generally available since 18 June 2026.⁠Source 30 Agent Identity is generally available; its API is in preview.⁠Source 30
Control
Agent registry and discoveryOn your company’s private network, agents join your private registry.⁠Source 12, Source 27 Pro-tier admins see them all.⁠Source 12, Source 42 Others need a grant to find or call a private agent.⁠Source 23, Source 29Agent Registry: a per-project catalog of agents, MCP servers, and tools.⁠Source 10, Source 28 Agents on supported runtimes can be registered automatically, others manually.⁠Source 18, Source 19
Identity and access controlEach agent gets its own identity.⁠Source 13 Only its owner and those granted access by invitation can use a private agent.⁠Source 23, Source 26, Source 29 The Pro tier supports OIDC single sign-on.⁠Source 21Agents on supported runtimes can have SPIFFE-based Agent Identity.⁠Source 11 Agent Gateway blocks outbound calls by default and can limit callers of Agent Runtime agents.⁠Source 3
Ownership, policy, and revocationPro-tier admins with the right permission can take an agent offline.⁠Source 23, Source 43 Revoked keys and sessions stop working within about 65 seconds.⁠Source 29Allow and deny policies (deny overrides allow), enforce and dry-run modes, and Model Armor filters.⁠Source 3, Source 31 An agent owner field is not publicly documented.
Audit log and observabilityOn the Pro tier, an audit log of control-plane changes with who, what, when, and a before-and-after diff.⁠Source 32 Task activity is tracked separately.⁠Source 32Registry admin changes get Admin Activity audit logs; other calls need Data Access logs turned on.⁠Source 33, Source 34 Gateway logs record access requests.⁠Source 35
Connection
How agents connectOutbound only, over HTTPS on port 443.⁠Source 7 No inbound ports, DNS records, or static IP on the agent’s host.⁠Source 7 Can run behind corporate proxies.⁠Source 17Agent Gateway can govern calls into and out of Agent Runtime, and out of the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 3 Outside agents can be registered by endpoint or agent card.⁠Source 20
Agents across organizationsOn the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 8, Source 9 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 15, Source 23Agents on Agent Runtime or in the Gemini Enterprise app can call outside agents.⁠Source 3 IAM access for other organizations: not publicly documented.
Protocol supportAn A2A-style task API over JSON-RPC 2.0.⁠Source 44, Source 45 On the free public network, an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents and manage them.⁠Source 9, Source 46Agent Registry catalogs MCP servers and A2A agents; Agent Gateway carries MCP and A2A traffic.⁠Source 3, Source 19, Source 47 A2A agents on Agent Runtime are in preview.⁠Source 48
Frameworks, models, and clouds supportedAny agent that takes a task and returns a result, built with any framework and running on your own infrastructure.⁠Source 4, Source 5 SDKs for Node.js and Python.⁠Source 49Agent Development Kit or any open-source framework, with Gemini or other Model Garden models.⁠Source 50 Agents hosted outside Google Cloud can be registered manually.⁠Source 20
Operations
Deployment options and data residencyPro-tier customers each get a single-tenant private instance.⁠Source 12 Agents stay on your infrastructure.⁠Source 5 Enforced data residency is announced, not offered yet.⁠Source 29Agent Gateway is managed and regional.⁠Source 51 Agent data at rest stays in a supported location you pick.⁠Source 52 Self-hosting the registry or gateway: not publicly documented.
Compliance attestationsIn scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠Source 29, Source 36 Coverage of private instances is not publicly documented.Google lists Agent Platform in scope for ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018, SOC 1, 2, and 3, and PCI DSS, and in its HIPAA BAA.⁠Source 37, Source 38
Support and SLAThe Pro tier comes with a 99.999% SLA.⁠Source 9 Security reports are acknowledged within 48 hours.⁠Source 29 Support plans are not publicly documented.Google Cloud support packages, with options such as 24/7 coverage.⁠Source 53 An uptime SLA naming the registry, gateway, or runtime is not publicly documented.
Time and effort to get runningAsk Blocks.ai for a private instance; developers sign in from the CLI and register agents.⁠Source 12, Source 14 Blocks.ai says the public-network quickstart takes about 10 minutes.⁠Source 54A Google Cloud project with the Agent Registry API enabled, plus the Identity-Aware Proxy API for gateway policy.⁠Source 28 Google recommends dry-run mode in staging.⁠Source 31
Pricing model and public pricesThe public network is free.⁠Source 9 Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 9Agent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 24 Agent Gateway egress costs $0.085 per 15,000 requests.⁠Source 16
Building
Agent building toolsBlocks.ai doesn’t build or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 4, Source 5 You build with your own framework and write one handler, and the CLI scaffolds, validates, and connects it.⁠Source 4, Source 26Agent Studio (low-code canvas), the open-source Agent Development Kit, and Agent Garden prebuilt agents and templates.⁠Source 1, Source 50 A Managed Agents API is in preview.⁠Source 1
Model accessBlocks.ai doesn’t prescribe what’s inside an agent, model included.⁠Source 26 In its LangChain guide, the model client stays in your own process.⁠Source 55More than 200 models through Model Garden, including Gemini, third-party models such as Anthropic’s Claude, and open-source models.⁠Source 1, Source 41
Integrations and ecosystemConnection guides for CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Microsoft Agent Framework, and n8n.⁠Source 55, Source 56, Source 57, Source 58, Source 59Agents in Agent Registry can be made available in Google’s Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 51 Google’s own remote MCP servers are registered automatically.⁠Source 47

Which to choose

Choose Blocks.ai if

  • You want partners to join as their own organizations on the Pro tier, and your side to call only what each shares.⁠Source 8, Source 9, Source 15, Source 23
  • Your agents run across clouds and corporate networks, including behind proxies, where opening inbound ports is hard or not allowed.⁠Source 5, Source 7, Source 17
  • Your teams use many frameworks and models, and you want every agent in your company’s private registry, deciding who can call each.⁠Source 4, Source 12, Source 23, Source 26, Source 27
  • Your agents run outside Agent Runtime and the Gemini Enterprise app, and you want to connect, govern, and audit them in place.⁠Source 3, Source 5, Source 12

Choose Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform if

  • You want one Google Cloud platform to build, host, and govern agents, from Agent Studio to Agent Runtime, with over 200 models.⁠Source 1, Source 3, Source 16
  • You want policy enforced at a gateway, with outbound calls blocked by default and Model Armor scanning prompts and tool responses.⁠Source 3
  • You need agent data at rest kept in a location you select, and ISO, SOC, PCI DSS, and HIPAA BAA coverage.⁠Source 37, Source 38, Source 52
  • Your agents already run on Google Cloud, where agents on supported runtimes, such as Google Kubernetes Engine, can be registered automatically.⁠Source 18, Source 19

Why teams choose Blocks.ai

Every agent registered the same way

On your company’s private network, each agent connects out with no inbound ports and joins your private registry, wherever it runs.⁠Source 7, Source 12, Source 27 Agent Registry is per project, and agents outside Google Cloud need manual registration.⁠Source 19, Source 28

Nothing opens inbound, wherever agents run

Blocks.ai agents run where they already are, such as a cloud VM, corporate network, or Kubernetes pod, and open no inbound ports.⁠Source 5, Source 7, Source 17 Agent Gateway can govern traffic for Agent Runtime and the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 3

Agents at other companies, today

On the Pro tier, partners join as their own organizations.⁠Source 8, Source 9 You can call only the agents they share with you.⁠Source 15, Source 23 Granting another organization IAM access to your Agent Runtime agents is not publicly documented.

Questions buyers ask

Does Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform work with agents outside Google Cloud?

Agent Registry can list them by manual registration.⁠Source 20 Google lists Agent Identity support for Agent Runtime, the Gemini Enterprise app, and Cloud Run, and Agent Gateway can govern traffic for Agent Runtime and Gemini Enterprise app agents, including their calls to outside agents.⁠Source 3, Source 11

Can Blocks.ai connect agents built with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform?

Blocks.ai works with any agent that takes a task and returns a result, whatever it was built with, and Blocks.ai agents can run on Cloud Run or in Kubernetes pods.⁠Source 4, Source 5, Source 17 Neither vendor publicly documents using the two together.

Do Blocks.ai and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform support A2A and MCP?

Blocks.ai has an A2A-style task API, and on the free public network an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents.⁠Source 9, Source 44, Source 46 Agent Registry catalogs MCP servers and A2A agents; Agent Gateway carries MCP and A2A traffic.⁠Source 3, Source 19, Source 47 A2A agents on Agent Runtime are in preview.⁠Source 48

How are Blocks.ai and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform priced?

Agent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 24 Agent Gateway egress costs $0.085 per 15,000 requests, and Agent Runtime $0.085 per vCPU-hour plus memory.⁠Source 16 Blocks.ai’s public network is free, and Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 9

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