Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime vs Vercel Sandbox

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

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Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.0895; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Vercel Sandbox: Snapshots $0.08 per GB-month. Drives $0.05 per GB-month in iad1, plus reads and writes. Hobby includes 15 GB of each.
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: MicroVM; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Python, TypeScript; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, 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; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.00945; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates; Vercel Sandbox: Snapshots $0.08 per GB-month. Drives $0.05 per GB-month in iad1, plus reads and writes. Hobby includes 15 GB of each.
Free tier: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Active CPU time only; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 8 hours; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: After 15 minutes; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: Up to 5,000; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.108; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.217; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime: $0.434; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 the lower list price: $0.217 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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