Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Everstack

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 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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Everstack

Open-source platform that runs isolated sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Everstack: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Everstack: Free
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Everstack: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Everstack: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Everstack: Up to 50
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go

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

Everstackeverstack.ai/pricingeverstack.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Everstack: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Everstack: Free
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Everstack: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Everstack: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Everstack: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Everstack: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Everstack: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Everstack: Not listed
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Everstack: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Everstack:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Everstack:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Everstack: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Everstack: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Everstack

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Everstack: $0.067
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Everstack: $0.133
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Everstack: $0.266

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

Everstack fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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