Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs 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

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents, run as Koyeb Instances.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Koyeb Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Koyeb Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Koyeb Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Koyeb Sandboxeskoyeb.com/docs/reference/instanceskoyeb.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Koyeb Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Koyeb Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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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 need pause and resume.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need HIPAA.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need GDPR.

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