Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Lizard Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Lizard Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code, MCP, LangChain

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Lizard Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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 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.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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