Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs OpenAI Code Interpreter

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour. OpenAI Code Interpreter bills memory only, at $0.09 per GiB-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. OpenAI Code Interpreter runs containers.

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

OpenAI Code Interpreter

Sandboxed containers where OpenAI models write and run Python code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site OpenAI Code Interpreter profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

OpenAI Code Interpreter

RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; OpenAI Code Interpreter: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

OpenAI Code Interpreterdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/pricingdevelopers.openai.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.09
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; OpenAI Code Interpreter: After 20 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Container
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; OpenAI Code Interpreter: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenAI Code Interpreter: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

OpenAI Code Interpreter

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.180
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.360
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; OpenAI Code Interpreter: $0.720

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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 MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.360 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

OpenAI Code Interpreter fits when

You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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