Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Deno Sandbox

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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

Deno Sandbox

Linux microVMs for running untrusted and generated code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 30 minutes

Visit site Deno Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Deno Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

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

Deno Sandboxdeno.com/deploy/pricingdeno.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Deno Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Deno Sandbox fits when

You need snapshots.

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