Pricing Question about Vertex AI Agent Engine compute and memory behavior

[lenaharper]

Hello,

I need clarification regarding Vertex AI Agent Engine pricing, specifically for compute and memory usage.

• - Is the compute and memory pricing charged continuously, even if the agent is not actively processing any requests?
• - Does the number of requests processed by the agent affect the compute and memory charges?
• - How can I configure or limit the CPU and memory resources allocated to an agent to control costs?
• - My agent is very small and idle most of the time — I want to avoid paying continuous hourly charges if it’s not used.
• - In terms of cost efficiency while idle, is it better to deploy an ADK agent on Cloud Run instead of using Agent Engine?

Thank you!