Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Hosts AI agents on AWS and runs each user session in its own microVM.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime runs each sandbox in a microVM. It costs $0.0895 per vCPU-hour and $0.00945 per GiB-hour, with CPU billed only while code uses it.
- aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore
- docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/agents-tools-runtime.html
- aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricing
Updated
$0.0895
vCPU per hour
$0.00945
RAM per GiB-hour
8 hours
Max session
2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Largest sandbox
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime specifications
List prices and limits for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
Pricing
aws- vCPU per hour
- $0.0895
- RAM per GiB-hour
- $0.00945
- Storage
- Session storage is free during preview. Code storage is billed at Amazon ECR or S3 rates
- Billing
- Active CPU time only
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Paid plan from
- Pay as you goNo upfront commitment or minimum fee
Limits
docs- Max session
- 8 hoursUp to 14 days on the Instances compute type
- Idle stop
- After 15 minutesDefault, set from 1 minute to 8 hours
- Sandbox size
- Up to 2 vCPU, 8 GiBPer-session quota, not adjustable. No size to choose
- Default size
- Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Up to 5,000Active sessions in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon), 2,500 in other Regions. Adjustable
- Storage
- 1 GB of session storage per session, in preview
Platform
docs- Isolation
- MicroVM
- GPU
- Not listed
- Snapshots
- Not listed
- Pause and resume
- Session storage keeps files across stop and resume, in preview
- Desktop
- Not listed
- Regions
- 22AWS Regions with Runtime microVMs, AWS GovCloud (US-West) included. V2 in 5 Regions
Developer
docs- SDKs
- Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Trust
docs- License
- Not listed
- Self-hosting
- Not listed
- BYOC
- Not listed
- Compliance
- SOC 2 (AgentCore service), HIPAA (HIPAA eligible), ISO 27001
Hourly cost
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime next to other providers
One sandbox with 2 vCPU and 4 GiB of RAM for one hour, at list price.
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boatAmazon Bedrock AgentCore RuntimeCompute only. Storage and network are not included.
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