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Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform vs Workday Agent System of Record

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

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

Workday Agent System of Record

Workday system of record to find, add, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents

Short answer

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is Google Cloud’s platform to build, deploy, and govern agents; Workday Agent System of Record (ASOR), set up in each Workday tenant, registers and manages agents.⁠Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4 Agent Platform can govern agents’ calls through its gateway with IAM policies; in ASOR, Workday security policies and groups set each agent’s access in Workday.⁠Source 3, Source 5, Source 6

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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 a registry of agents, manage agent identities, control what agents can access, and keep audit records.⁠Source 3, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7, Source 8, Source 9, Source 10, Source 11
Where they differ
Teams can also build and run agents on Agent Platform, with Model Garden models.⁠Source 1, Source 5, Source 12 ASOR sits in each Workday tenant; for agents working with Workday, tools are Workday APIs.⁠Source 3, Source 4
Running both
Workday’s admin guide has a setup guide for Sana from Workday in the Gemini Enterprise app, and names that app as an outside assistant that can call its Self-Service Agent.⁠Source 13, Source 14
Public sources · checked 2 October 2026
  • Offered
  • Not publicly documented

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

  • Build agents: OfferedAgent Studio low-code canvas⁠Source 1
  • Host and run agents: OfferedAgent Runtime⁠Source 5
  • Identity and access: OfferedSPIFFE-based Agent Identity⁠Source 8
  • Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Registry⁠Source 7
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedAgent Gateway⁠Source 5
  • Agents across organizations: OfferedGateway calls to outside agents⁠Source 5

Workday Agent System of Record

  • Build agents: Not publicly documented
  • Host and run agents: Not publicly documented
  • Identity and access: OfferedAgent System User per agent⁠Source 9
  • Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Registry in Management Hub⁠Source 3
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedAgent Gateway for Workday APIs⁠Source 15
  • Agents across organizations: Not publicly documented

At a glance

TopicGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformWorkday Agent System of Record
What it isGoogle Cloud’s platform to build, deploy, govern, and optimize AI agents.⁠Source 1, Source 2A functional area you enable in each Workday tenant to register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents.⁠Source 3, Source 4
Agents it coversAgent Registry can list agents on supported Google Cloud runtimes automatically, and others by manual registration.⁠Source 16, Source 17, Source 18 Agent Gateway can govern traffic for agents on Agent Runtime and in the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 5Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents; external ones are registered through the ASOR API.⁠Source 3, Source 19 Some Workday agents, including those for HiredScore, are not part of ASOR.⁠Source 3
Agent identityAgents on Agent Runtime, the Gemini Enterprise app, and Cloud Run can each have a SPIFFE-based Agent Identity.⁠Source 8 Agent Identity is generally available; the Agent Identity API is in preview.⁠Source 20A unique Workday identity per agent, using Agent System User accounts governed by Workday security policies and groups.⁠Source 6, Source 9
Pricing modelAgent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 21 Agent Gateway egress is $0.085 per 15,000 requests; Agent Runtime bills per vCPU-hour and GiB-hour of memory.⁠Source 22No additional specific SKU is needed to use ASOR.⁠Source 3 Registering Workday-built agents in production needs a Flex Credits policy opt-in.⁠Source 3 A credit’s price is not publicly documented.
Generally availableAgent Registry and Agent Gateway since 18 June 2026.⁠Source 20Generally available since February 2026.⁠Source 23

What each one is

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is Google Cloud’s platform to build, deploy, govern, and optimize agents, an evolution of Vertex AI.⁠Source 1, Source 2 Agent Registry catalogs agents and tools, Agent Identity can give agents on supported runtimes an identity, and Agent Gateway applies policy checks to traffic.⁠Source 5, Source 7, Source 8

Workday Agent System of Record

Workday Agent System of Record (ASOR) is a functional area you enable in a Workday tenant to find, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents.⁠Source 3, Source 4 Its Agent Management Hub manages Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents, each with a unique Workday identity.⁠Source 3, Source 9

The differences that matter

  1. Building and running agents

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Agents can be designed in Agent Studio or built with the Agent Development Kit, and run on Agent Runtime, billed by vCPU-hour and memory.⁠Source 1, Source 5, Source 22

    Workday Agent System of Record

    ASOR takes an external agent’s definition through an API; in 2025 Workday announced a low-code agent builder for its separate Workday Build.⁠Source 3, Source 24, Source 25

    Google says Agent Platform gives access to more than 200 models through Model Garden.⁠Source 26 Which models ASOR supports or includes is not publicly documented.

  2. Who decides what an agent can reach

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    By default, agents’ outbound calls through Agent Gateway are blocked unless an IAM policy grants them; optional Model Armor filters scan prompts and tool responses.⁠Source 5

    Workday Agent System of Record

    Workday security policies and groups set each agent’s access; acting for a user, an agent gets only what both may do.⁠Source 6, Source 9

    Agent Gateway can also control which clients reach Agent Runtime agents; Workday’s Agent Interaction Policy sets which users may converse with or invoke specific agent skills.⁠Source 5, Source 27

  3. Remote and partner agents

    Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Agents on Agent Runtime or in the Gemini Enterprise app can call outside tools, MCP servers, and agents through Agent Gateway, under IAM access policies.⁠Source 5

    Workday Agent System of Record

    ASOR manages partner-built agents in your tenant; a definition can carry an ID locating the agent in the partner’s system.⁠Source 3, Source 4, Source 28

    Granting another organization IAM access to your Agent Runtime agents is not publicly documented. For ASOR, controls held by the partner company are not publicly documented.

For security teams

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

TopicGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformWorkday Agent System of Record
Network exposureAgent Gateway can front Agent Runtime agents and check outbound gateway calls.⁠Source 5 Outbound-only connection for outside agents: not publicly documented.Third-party agents call Workday APIs through Agent Gateway’s regional endpoint.⁠Source 15 Whether agents need an inbound endpoint isn’t publicly documented.
IdentityAgents on supported runtimes can have a SPIFFE-based Agent Identity, generally available; the Agent Identity API is in preview.⁠Source 8, Source 20Unique Workday identity per agent.⁠Source 9 External agents use OAuth 2.0 or signed JWTs; third-party (self-built) agents’ tokens last 4 hours.⁠Source 9, Source 29
Access changes and revocationDeny rules override allow rules.⁠Source 30 Deleting an agent leaves its IAM bindings as inactive grants, to be removed by hand.⁠Source 8Deactivating an agent hides it from users; Workday says the change can take up to a minute at Agent Gateway.⁠Source 3, Source 15
Audit trailRegistry admin changes are audit-logged; other calls only if Data Access logs are on.⁠Source 10, Source 31 Agent Identity actions are audit-logged too.⁠Source 8An audit trail report covers agent transactions; delegated actions record both the agent and the user.⁠Source 9, Source 11
ComplianceListed in scope for ISO 27001, SOC 1, 2, and 3, and PCI DSS, and in Google Cloud’s HIPAA BAA.⁠Source 32, Source 33Workday says its SOC 2 report covers Workday Enterprise Products; ASOR isn’t named.⁠Source 34

Full comparison

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

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Workday Agent System of Record compared on 18 criteria
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformWorkday Agent System of Record
What it is
What it is and who it’s forGoogle 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 2Set up in each Workday tenant to find, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents built by Workday, partners, or the customer.⁠Source 3, Source 4
MaturityGoogle announced it on 22 April 2026.⁠Source 26 Registry and Gateway GA 18 June 2026.⁠Source 20 Agent Identity is generally available; the Agent Identity API is in preview.⁠Source 20Announced in February 2025; generally available since February 2026.⁠Source 23, Source 35
Control
Agent registry and discoveryA per-project catalog of agents, MCP servers, and tools.⁠Source 7, Source 36 Agents on supported Google Cloud runtimes can be registered automatically, others manually.⁠Source 16, Source 17The Agent Management Hub lists Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents with status.⁠Source 3 Some, such as HiredScore and Evisort agents, aren’t in ASOR.⁠Source 3
Identity and access controlSPIFFE-based Agent Identity on supported runtimes.⁠Source 8 By default, Agent Gateway blocks an agent’s outbound connections unless an IAM policy grants access.⁠Source 5Each agent has a unique Workday identity, governed by security policies and groups.⁠Source 6, Source 9 Acting for a user, an agent gets only what both may do.⁠Source 9
Ownership, policy, and revocationAllow and deny access policies (deny overrides allow), enforce and dry-run modes, and Model Armor filters on prompts and tool responses.⁠Source 5, Source 30Admins set each agent’s skills and who can use it, and activate or deactivate it.⁠Source 3, Source 6 A deactivated agent is hidden from users and can be reactivated.⁠Source 3
Audit log and observabilityRegistry admin changes are audit-logged; reads only if Data Access logs are on.⁠Source 10, Source 31 Gateway logs record access requests.⁠Source 37 Traces need agents’ OpenTelemetry data.⁠Source 38An audit trail report covers agent transactions; delegated actions record the agent and the user.⁠Source 9, Source 11 Per-agent analytics reports cover Workday-built agents only.⁠Source 3
Connection
How agents connectAgent Gateway can govern calls into Runtime agents and out of them and the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 5 Outside agents can be registered by endpoint or agent card.⁠Source 18Third-party agents reach Workday APIs through Agent Gateway, a single regional endpoint.⁠Source 15 Outbound-only use is not publicly documented.
Agents across organizationsAgent Runtime agents can call outside agents.⁠Source 5 Google says Runtime A2A agents (preview) handling their own auth can be exposed to untrusted callers.⁠Source 39ASOR manages partner-built agents; a definition can carry an ID locating each one in the partner’s system.⁠Source 3, Source 28 Partner-held controls are not publicly documented.
Protocol supportAgent Registry catalogs MCP servers and A2A agents; Agent Gateway carries MCP and A2A traffic.⁠Source 5, Source 17, Source 40 A2A agents on Agent Runtime are in preview.⁠Source 41API registration is based on the A2A Agent Card.⁠Source 28 Outside assistants can call the Self-Service Agent over A2A, and tool search can filter by SOAP, REST, or MCP.⁠Source 14, Source 42
Frameworks, models, and clouds supportedAgent Development Kit or any open-source framework, with Gemini or other Model Garden models.⁠Source 12 Agents hosted outside Google Cloud can be registered manually.⁠Source 18Registration records each agent’s platform, or OTHER.⁠Source 28 Workday names the Gemini Enterprise app as an outside assistant able to call its Self-Service Agent.⁠Source 14
Operations
Deployment options and data residencyAgent Gateway is managed and regional.⁠Source 43 Agent data at rest stays in a supported location you pick.⁠Source 44 Self-hosting the registry or gateway: not publicly documented.Set up in each Workday tenant.⁠Source 4 Agent Gateway has public endpoints in eight regions, including the US and EU.⁠Source 15 A self-hosted option is not publicly documented.
Compliance attestationsGoogle lists Agent Platform in scope for ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018, SOC 1, 2, and 3, and PCI DSS, and in the Google Cloud HIPAA BAA.⁠Source 32, Source 33Workday says its SOC 2 report covers Workday Enterprise Products and its ISO 42001 certificate covers Workday Platform; ASOR isn’t named.⁠Source 34
Support and SLAGoogle Cloud support packages, with options such as 24/7 coverage.⁠Source 45 An uptime SLA naming the registry, gateway, identity, or runtime is not publicly documented.Workday says its company-wide support is 24/5, with severity 1 cases 24/7/365, or 24/7/365 with Success Plans.⁠Source 46 An ASOR uptime SLA is not publicly documented.
Time and effort to get runningA Google Cloud project with the Agent Registry API enabled, plus the Identity-Aware Proxy API for gateway policy.⁠Source 36 Google recommends dry-run mode in staging.⁠Source 30Enable the ASOR functional area and set its security policies.⁠Source 4 Registering an external agent includes finding the IDs of the Workday APIs it will use.⁠Source 19
Pricing model and public pricesAgent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 21 Gateway egress: $0.085 per 15,000 requests; runtime: $0.085 a vCPU-hour.⁠Source 22 Monthly free tier.⁠Source 22No additional specific SKU for ASOR.⁠Source 3 Workday-built agents in production need a Flex Credits policy opt-in.⁠Source 3 A credit’s price is not publicly documented.
Building
Agent building toolsAgent Studio (low-code canvas), the open-source Agent Development Kit, and Agent Garden prebuilt agents and templates.⁠Source 1, Source 12 A Managed Agents API is in preview.⁠Source 1You provide an external agent’s definition through an API.⁠Source 3 Workday announced the low-code Flowise Agent Builder for its separate Workday Build in 2025.⁠Source 24, Source 25
Model accessGoogle says Model Garden offers more than 200 models, including Gemini, third-party models such as Anthropic’s Claude, and open-source models.⁠Source 1, Source 26Workday’s AI agents use large language models.⁠Source 3 Which models ASOR supports or includes is not publicly documented.
Integrations and ecosystemAgents in Agent Registry can be made available to users of the Gemini Enterprise app.⁠Source 43 Google’s own remote MCP servers are registered automatically.⁠Source 40In February 2026, Workday said more than 65 partners were connecting agents to ASOR.⁠Source 23 Workday says partner agents have been on its Marketplace since June 2025.⁠Source 47

Which to choose

Choose Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform if

  • You want to build, deploy, and govern agents on one platform, with Agent Studio and the open-source Agent Development Kit.⁠Source 1, Source 12
  • Your agents run on Google Cloud, where agents on supported runtimes, such as Google Kubernetes Engine, can be registered automatically.⁠Source 16, Source 17
  • You want agents’ outbound gateway calls blocked by default unless granted, and optional Model Armor scans of prompts and tool responses.⁠Source 5
  • You want a wide choice of models: Google says Model Garden offers more than 200, including Anthropic’s Claude.⁠Source 26

Choose Workday Agent System of Record if

  • Your agents mostly work in Workday, and each should have a unique Workday identity under your existing security policies and groups.⁠Source 3, Source 6, Source 9
  • You want an agent acting for a user limited to what both may do, with audit entries naming both.⁠Source 9
  • You want Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents listed with their status in one Agent Management Hub.⁠Source 3
  • You already run Workday and want agent governance in the same tenant, with no additional specific SKU to buy for ASOR.⁠Source 3, Source 4

Questions buyers ask

Can each one register agents that run somewhere else?

Agent Registry can list agents hosted outside Google Cloud by manual registration, pointing at an A2A agent’s card or another agent’s endpoint.⁠Source 18 In ASOR, you define and register an external agent in one step through its API, recording the platform it runs on.⁠Source 19, Source 28

How is each one priced?

Agent Registry is free; skill scanning is billed from January 2027.⁠Source 21 Agent Gateway egress, $0.085 per 15,000 requests; Agent Runtime, $0.085 per vCPU-hour plus memory.⁠Source 22 ASOR needs no specific SKU; Workday-built agents in production need a Flex Credits opt-in.⁠Source 3 Credit prices are not publicly documented.

Do they support MCP and A2A?

Agent Registry catalogs MCP servers and A2A agents, and Agent Gateway carries both; A2A agents on Agent Runtime are in preview.⁠Source 5, Source 17, Source 40, Source 41 Workday bases API registration on A2A Agent Cards, outside assistants can call its Self-Service Agent over A2A, and MCP is a listed tool type.⁠Source 14, Source 28, Source 42

Is Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform the same as the Gemini Enterprise app?

Agent Platform is Google Cloud’s platform to build, deploy, govern, and optimize agents.⁠Source 1 The Gemini Enterprise app is a separate product: agents in Agent Registry can be associated with it to make them available to its end users.⁠Source 43

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