Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Freestyle VMs

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

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

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Freestyle VMs

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Freestyle VMs: Per second
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, 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

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Freestyle VMs:
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Freestyle VMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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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 LangChain or MCP.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Freestyle VMs fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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