Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs PandaStack Sandbox

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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

PandaStack Sandbox

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $5.40 usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site PandaStack Sandbox profile

What is different

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

PandaStack Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota (1 GiB on Free, 100 GiB on Pro, 2.5 TiB on Team). Hibernated state is free for now
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

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

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota (1 GiB on Free, 100 GiB on Pro, 2.5 TiB on Team). Hibernated state is free for now
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

PandaStack Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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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.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use the Vercel AI SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.173 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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