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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs Freestyle VMs

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours
Visit siteAmazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter profile

Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteFreestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
Freestyle VMs
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreteraws.amazon.com
Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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 SOC 2.

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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