Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs StateSet Sandbox

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 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

Visit site Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime profile

StateSet Sandbox

Sandboxes for AI agents, one Kubernetes pod each, with gVisor isolation.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

StateSet Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime:; StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

StateSet Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime fits when

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.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.217 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

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