Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Islo Machines

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Islo Machines runs 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

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Islo Machines

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Islo Machines: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Islo Machines: $0.04
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Islo Machines: Per second
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Islo Machines: Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Islo Machines: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Islo Machines: $0.04
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Islo Machines: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Islo Machines: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Islo Machines: Claude Code

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Islo Machines: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Islo Machines

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

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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.
You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Islo Machines fits when

You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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