Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime charge the same list price: $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and $0.00945 per GiB-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.

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