Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Dedalus Machines

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Dedalus Machines

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$20 one-time sign-up credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:
Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Dedalus Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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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, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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