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Vertex AI Model Garden Model Garden

Legacy names Vertex AI Model Garden, Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS), Vertex AI MaaS (Model as a Service)

Curated catalog for discovering, testing, customizing, and deploying Google, open-source, and partner foundation models.

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  1. Vertex AI Model Garden

    · Google I/O 2023 (Preview; GA Jul 28, 2023)

    Launched in Preview on May 10, 2023 and reached General Availability on July 28, 2023 as Vertex AI's model discovery, testing, and deployment library.

  2. Model Garden (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)Current name

    · Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)

    Dropped the 'Vertex AI' prefix to become 'Model Garden' ('Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden'), with 'Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS)' becoming 'MaaS'.

What is Vertex AI Model Garden called now?

Vertex AI Model Garden is now called Model Garden, with the latest change in October 2025 (Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS), Vertex AI MaaS (Model as a Service). Curated catalog for discovering, testing, customizing, and deploying Google, open-source, and partner foundation models. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden
  • Model Garden on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
  • MaaS
  • Model as a Service on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

REST / gRPC APIsaiplatform.googleapis.com
gcloud / CLI Commandsgcloud ai model-garden gcloud ai model-garden models
IAM Predefined Rolesroles/aiplatform.*
Terraform Resourcesgoogle_vertex_ai_endpoint

One-click deployments from Model Garden provision standard Endpoint and Model resources on aiplatform.googleapis.com.

Notes & disambiguation

  • In the April 22, 2026 Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform release notes naming table, 'Vertex AI Model Garden' transitioned to 'Model Garden' (and 'Vertex AI Models as a Service (MaaS)' to 'MaaS'), while the vertex-ai-name-changes page lists the full form 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden' ('Model as a Service on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform').
  • Programmatic CLI access remains 'gcloud ai model-garden' (including 'gcloud ai model-garden models list' and 'deploy') on aiplatform.googleapis.com.

Sources & official documentation

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