Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Sandock

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours.

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

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Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

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What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Sandock

Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Sandock: Container
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

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Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Sandock: MIT
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Sandock: Not listed

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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 or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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