Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

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

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 dynamic sessions

Isolated sandbox sessions for running code on Azure.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessionsazure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-appsazure.microsoft.com

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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