Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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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, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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