Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Celesto Cloud

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Celesto 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

Celesto Cloud

Cloud computers for AI agents, each in a microVM.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Celesto Cloud profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Celesto Cloud

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Celesto Cloud: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Celesto Cloud: Free
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Celesto Cloudcelesto.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Celesto Cloud: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Celesto Cloud: Free
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Celesto Cloud: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Celesto Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Celesto Cloud: $0.015
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Celesto Cloud: $0.030
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Celesto Cloud: $0.060

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

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

Celesto Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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