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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Railway Sandboxes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours
Visit siteAmazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime profile

Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
No limit
Visit siteRailway Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtimeaws.amazon.com
Railway Sandboxesrailway.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours
Railway Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Railway Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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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 want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

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