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Amazon Bedrock vs Google Vertex AI for HIPAA LLM (Oct 2026)
Depot Pick for this job: Amazon Bedrock. Google Vertex AI is a ranked runner-up. Both have a sourced price in usd_per_million_input_tokens, so this comparison is like for like on price. Prices are each provider's lowest sourced SKU in that unit only (no blending across units, input/output or context tiers), not quality-adjusted.
Scores as of 2026-09-14 / 2026-09-14 (43 / 43 days; stale after 30). Prices carry their own dates.
| Amazon Bedrock (Depot Pick) | Google Vertex AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Job-weighted overall | 8.04 | 8.10 |
| Capability fit | 8.8 | 9 |
| Price / performance | 6 | 7 |
| Latency / reliability | 9.2 | 9 |
| Developer & agent DX | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| Privacy / data retention | 9 | 8.8 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 7 | 7.5 |
| Maturity / track record | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Lowest sourced SKU (usd_per_million_input_tokens) | $0.04 (Gemma 3 4B) source · as of 2026-10-03 · re-checked 2026-10-27 | $0.25 (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite) source · as of 2026-10-03 · re-checked 2026-10-27 |
| Free option for this job | none listed | none listed |
| Score kind / confidence | curated_estimate / high | curated_estimate / high |
When not to use Amazon Bedrock
Azure OpenAI already under Microsoft BAA, Vertex mandated, or memory-layer HIPAA (Supermemory) is the gap not the LLM.
Lock-in
Stored lock-in risk (0–10, higher = more lock-in): Amazon Bedrock 7, Google Vertex AI 7.5.
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