Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter vs xShellz Agent Shell

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

xShellz Agent Shell

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreteraws.amazon.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.0895
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.00945
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 8 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.108
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.217
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter: $0.434
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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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, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need GDPR.

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