Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

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.
You need ISO 27001.

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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