Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs OpenPond Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolated cloud sandboxes for agent work, controlled from a TypeScript SDK.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session: Not listed

Visit site OpenPond Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

OpenPond Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenPond Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; OpenPond Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

OpenPond Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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