Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Containarium Cloud

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

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

Containarium Cloud

Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Containarium Cloud profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Containarium Cloud

RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Containarium Cloud: Free
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Containarium Cloud: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Containarium Cloud: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Containarium Cloud: Container
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Containarium Cloudcontainarium.dev/pricingcontainarium.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Containarium Cloud: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Containarium Cloud: Free
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Containarium Cloud: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Containarium Cloud: Sales-led, on GCP or AWS

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Containarium Cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Containarium Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Containarium Cloud: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.

Containarium Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use Claude Code.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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