Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Oblien Workspace

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Oblien Workspace: No limit
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Oblien Workspace: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 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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