Anthropic Code Execution vs Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Anthropic Code Execution costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour. Anthropic Code Execution runs containers. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Anthropic Code Execution

Sandboxed Python and bash containers that Claude runs through the Anthropic API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: 1,550 free hours per month
Max session: Not listed

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Managed code sandboxes for AI agents on AWS.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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What is different

6 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

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Anthropic Code Execution

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Anthropic Code Execution: Container; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Anthropic Code Executionplatform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricingplatform.claude.com

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreteraws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricingaws.amazon.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.05; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
RAM, per GiB-hour: Anthropic Code Execution: Included; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Storage: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Free tier: Anthropic Code Execution: 1,550 free hours per month; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Paid plan from: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Billing: Anthropic Code Execution: Bundled machine time; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
Idle stop: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Anthropic Code Execution: 1 vCPU · 5 GiB; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: Anthropic Code Execution: Container; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
GPU: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Snapshots: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Pause and resume: Anthropic Code Execution:; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Anthropic Code Execution: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Integrations: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain

Trust

License: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
BYOC: Anthropic Code Execution: Not listed; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Anthropic Code Execution

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.050; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.100; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Anthropic Code Execution: $0.200; Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Anthropic Code Execution fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use LangChain.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 5 GiB.

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