Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs boxd

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. boxd runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
boxd
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
boxd: $0.014
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
boxd: Per second
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
boxd: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
boxd: After 240 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
boxd: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
boxd: $0.047
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
boxd: $0.014
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
boxd: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
boxd: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
boxd: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
boxd: After 240 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
boxd: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
boxd: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
boxd: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
boxd: Custom plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
boxd
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
boxd: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
boxd: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
boxd: $0.300

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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 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.

boxd fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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