Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Morph

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Morph

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Morph
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Morph: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Morph: Included
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Morph: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Morph: Up to 128
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Morph: Full VM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Morph: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Morph: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Morph: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Morph: Not listed
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Morph: Not listed
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Morph: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Morph: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Morph: Not listed
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Morph: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Morph: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Morph: Up to 128

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Morph: Full VM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Morph: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Morph:
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:
Morph:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Morph: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Morph: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Morph
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Morph: $0.050
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Morph: $0.100
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Morph: $0.200

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP 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.

Morph fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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