Vertex AI Workbench uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, charging for the actual compute, storage, and accelerator resources used by your notebook instances
Disk storage is charged by provisioned space, with SSD at $0.204/GB/month, Hyperdisk Extreme at $0.174/GB/month, and Standard at $0.048/GB/month
Charges accrue when the instance is in any active state, including starting, provisioning, running, upgrading, or suspending
Confidential Computing is available in preview, allowing enhanced data privacy for sensitive workloads on Vertex AI Workbench
Vertex AI Workbench integrates with BigQuery, Dataproc, Spark, and other Google Cloud services for seamless data access and machine learning workflows
Colab Enterprise offers a collaborative, serverless notebook environment with enterprise-grade security and compliance
AI-powered code assistance, including code completion and generation, is built in to streamline Python development