Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Novita Sandbox

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours.

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

Novita Sandbox

Cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code and browsers.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Max session: 3 hours

Visit site Novita Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Novita Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Novita Sandbox: Per second
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtimeaws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricingaws.amazon.com

Novita Sandboxdocs.novita.ai/guides/sandbox-pricingdocs.novita.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; Novita Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Novita Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

A session must run longer than 3 hours.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or MCP.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Novita Sandbox fits when

You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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