Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs MIOSA

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.0496 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 of usage every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
MIOSA
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
MIOSA: $0.0496
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
MIOSA: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
MIOSA: Disk $0.10 per GiB a month while the machine runs. Paused disk and named snapshots $0.02 per GiB a month
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $20 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
MIOSA: Bundled machine time
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
MIOSA: Up to 100
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
MIOSA: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
MIOSA: $0.0496
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
MIOSA: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
MIOSA: Disk $0.10 per GiB a month while the machine runs. Paused disk and named snapshots $0.02 per GiB a month
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
MIOSA: $1 of usage every month
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $20 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
MIOSA: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
MIOSA: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
MIOSA: No
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
MIOSA:
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:
MIOSA:

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
MIOSA: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
MIOSA: Your own AWS or Google Cloud account, or your own servers through OpenComputers

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
MIOSA
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
MIOSA: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
MIOSA: $0.099
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
MIOSA: $0.198

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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.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need ISO 27001.

MIOSA fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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