Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs Docker Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2.

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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