Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Blaxel

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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

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Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

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What is different

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

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vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Blaxel: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Blaxel: $0.0414
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Blaxel: Memory only
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Blaxel: No limit
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

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Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Blaxel: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Blaxel: $0.0414
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Blaxel: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Blaxel: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Blaxel: No limit
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Blaxel: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Blaxel: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Blaxel: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Blaxel: MicroVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Blaxel:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Blaxel:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC, on request

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Blaxel

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Blaxel: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Blaxel: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Blaxel: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Blaxel fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use Claude Code or the Vercel AI SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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