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# Deploy to Vertex AI Agent Engine
<div class="language-support-tag" title="Vertex AI Agent Engine currently supports only Python.">
<span class="lst-supported">Supported in ADK</span><span class="lst-python">Python</span>
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Google Cloud Vertex AI
[Agent Engine](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/agent-engine/overview)
is a set of modular services that help developers scale and govern agents in
production. The Agent Engine runtime enables you to deploy agents in production
with end-to-end managed infrastructure so you can focus on creating intelligent
and impactful agents. When you deploy an ADK agent to Agent Engine, your code
runs in the *Agent Engine runtime* environment, which is part of the larger set
of agent services provided by the Agent Engine product.
This guide includes the following deployment paths, which serve different
purposes:
* **[Standard deployment](/deploy/agent-engine/deploy/)**: Follow
this standard deployment path if you want to carefully manage deploying an ADK agent to the Agent
Engine runtime. This deployment path uses Cloud Console, ADK command line
interface, and provides step-by-step instructions. This path is recommended
for users who are already familiar with configuring Google Cloud projects,
and users preparing for production deployments.
* **[Agent Starter Pack deployment](/deploy/agent-engine/asp/)**:
Follow this accelerated deployment path to set up a fully configured Google
Cloud environment with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment pipelines
for your ADK agent. You need a Google Cloud project with billing enabled.
The Agent Starter Pack (ASP) helps you deploy ADK projects quickly and it
includes advanced service configurations that extend the core capabilities of
the Agent Engine runtime for more mature use cases.
!!! note "Agent Engine service on Google Cloud"
Agent Engine is a paid service and you may incur costs if you go
above the no-cost access tier. More information can be found on the
[Agent Engine pricing page](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/pricing#vertex-ai-agent-engine).
## Deployment payload {#payload}
When you deploy your ADK agent project to Agent Engine, the following content is
uploaded to the service:
- Your ADK agent code
- Any dependencies declared in your ADK agent code
The deployment *does not* include the ADK API server or the ADK web user
interface libraries. The Agent Engine service provides the libraries for ADK API
server functionality.