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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Agents 6.4/10 Jun 18, 2026

Modular serverless agent runtime; only active CPU billed (I/O wait free). Runtime/Browser/Code-Interpreter $0.0895/vCPU-hr + $0.00945/GB-hr; Gateway $0.005/1k tool calls; Memory $0

Free credit
$200
Card required
Yes

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore scores 6.4/10 for free value in Agents. The main constraint: Paid — Pay-as-you-go; Runtime $0.0895/vCPU-hr + $0.00945/GB-hr. Modular serverless agent runtime; only active CPU billed (I/O wait free). Runtime/Browser/Code-Interpreter $0.0895/vCPU-hr + $0.00945/GB-hr; Gateway $0.005/1k tool calls; Memory $0.25/1k events; Identity $0.010/1k to.

Category Agents Kind Paid plan Card required Yes Eligibility anyone

Free value score

6.4 / 10
Show the math
Overall 6.4/10
value = 6.4/100
weighted_components_v1
Execution 5.6/10
value = 200 $ one-time
fixed_log_v1
Connectivity 7.2/10
value = 7.2/100
policy_score_v1
Production controls 7/10
value = 7/100
policy_score_v1

Key metrics

1/mo Execution quota Uses stated quota when present; otherwise a conservative unpublished-quota floor.
2 Tool/model connectivity model, tool
1 Production controls No published production-control count found.
$0.089/hr
$0.009/GB
PAYG
Opus 4.5 57 Best model

What you get

Paid — Pay-as-you-go; Runtime $0.0895/vCPU-hr + $0.00945/GB-hr. Modular serverless agent runtime; only active CPU billed (I/O wait free). Runtime/Browser/Code-Interpreter $0.0895/vCPU-hr + $0.00945/GB-hr; Gateway $0.005/1k tool calls; Memory $0.25/1k events; Identity $0.010/1k to

Example: 10M 60s agent sessions = ~$7,235/mo (~$0.0007/session) because idle/I-O wait is free

Gotchas

  • Pay-as-you-go, no free tier

    AgentCore is billed purely on usage (Runtime $0.0895/vCPU-hr, etc.); there is no standing free allowance.

  • AWS account with billing

    Requires an AWS account with a valid payment method on file.

Sources

paid value agent-deployment
Open service Source ← All Agents

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