Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs microsandbox cloud

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. microsandbox cloud 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

Visit site Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime profile

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud profile

What is different

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

microsandbox cloud

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; microsandbox cloud: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

microsandbox cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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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 or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need pause and resume.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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