Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Hosts AI agents on AWS and runs each user session in its own microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime profile

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes that start on demand.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtimeaws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricingaws.amazon.com

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com/docs/sandboxes/costsandboxes.azure.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.216 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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