Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs BoxLite Cloud

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. BoxLite Cloud 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

BoxLite Cloud

Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $100 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site BoxLite Cloud profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

BoxLite Cloud

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; BoxLite Cloud: Per second
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

BoxLite Clouddocs.boxlite.ai/cloud/pricingdocs.boxlite.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; BoxLite Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: No
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; BoxLite Cloud:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; BoxLite Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

BoxLite Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; BoxLite Cloud: $0.079
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; BoxLite Cloud: $0.158
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; BoxLite Cloud: $0.317

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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.

BoxLite Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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