Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Declaw

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Declaw
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Declaw: Per second
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Declaw: 72 hours
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Declaw: Up to 500
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Declaw: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Declaw: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Declaw: 72 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Declaw: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Declaw: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Declaw:
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:
Declaw:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Declaw: Enterprise on-prem in your cloud account or data center. The Declaw team runs it.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

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

Declaw fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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