Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs InstaVM

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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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InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945; InstaVM: $0.0162
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only; InstaVM: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000; InstaVM: Up to 100
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434; InstaVM: $0.331

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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.

InstaVM fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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