Amazon Bedrock Agents vs Google Agent Builder & ADK

Side-by-side comparison of the AWS Bedrock Agents stack and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Builder / ADK pairing.

Dimension	Amazon Bedrock AgentsAWSDocs	Google Agent Builder + ADKGoogleDocs
Vendor	AWS	Google
Category	agents	agents
Type	Vendor	Vendor
License	Proprietary	Proprietary service + open source SDK
Status	active	active
Version	—	—
Last release	—	—
Data residency	Yes Region-selected; cross-region inference stays within the chosen geography (US/EU/JP/AU). Source	Partial US/EU multi-region controls (CMEK, VPC-SC); not all features single-region. ADK self-hosted is customer-controlled. Source
Deployment	Yes Fully managed AWS SaaS; AgentCore runtime is AWS-operated. (saas) Source	Yes Managed Agent Builder on Vertex AI (SaaS); ADK is an Apache-2.0 SDK deployable anywhere. (saas, self-hosted) Source
Audit logging	Yes CloudTrail logs all API activity; CloudWatch metrics; optional S3/CloudWatch storage. Source	Yes Cloud Audit Logs record admin/data operations; Agent Engine supports Cloud Logging/Trace. Source
SOC 2	Yes Amazon Bedrock is in scope for AWS SOC 1/2/3 (Type II via AWS Artifact). Source	Yes Google Cloud / Vertex AI holds SOC 1/2/3. Source
ISO 27001	Yes Amazon Bedrock is ISO/IEC 27001 certified. Source	Yes Holds ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701. Source
ISO 42001	Yes Amazon Bedrock is one of four AWS services in accredited ISO/IEC 42001:2023 scope. Source	Partial Google Cloud holds ISO/IEC 42001 broadly; Agent Builder not individually enumerated in the public scope. Source
EU AI Act	N/A Agent orchestration platform; GPAI obligations attach to model providers and the deployer. (role: not-applicable)	N/A Agent orchestration platform/SDK; GPAI obligations attach to Google as model provider and to deployers. (role: not-applicable)
License risk	Yes Proprietary AWS SaaS; lock-in to AWS model catalog and AgentCore runtime. (medium) Source	Yes Managed layer proprietary (Vertex AI); ADK is Apache-2.0. Blended medium. (medium) Source
Reviewed	2026-05-26	2026-05-26

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