Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Prized Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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