Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Depot Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Depot Sandboxes costs $0.18 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Depot Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

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Depot Sandboxes

Linux microVMs for code, tests and agents, made and run from a Node.js SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: 7-day free trial, no credit card
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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Depot Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Depot Sandboxes: $0.18
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Depot Sandboxes: Included
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Depot Sandboxes: Per second
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Depot Sandboxes: No
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Depot Sandboxes: 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

Depot Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Depot Sandboxes: $0.18
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Depot Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Depot Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Depot Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Depot Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Depot Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Depot Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Depot Sandboxes: $0.180
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Depot Sandboxes: $0.360
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Depot Sandboxes: $0.720

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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 use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

Depot Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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