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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Namespace Devboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs 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
Visit siteAmazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime profile

Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
24 hours
Visit siteNamespace Devboxes profile

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Namespace Devboxes
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtimeaws.amazon.com
Namespace Devboxesnamespace.so

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Namespace Devboxes: Included
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Namespace Devboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240

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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 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.

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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