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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore alternatives: Azure, Google Cloud and open source

AgentCore runs agents and keeps them apart.

The isolation is the product. The frameworks are the same open-source ones you would use anyway, such as Strands, LangGraph or CrewAI.

  • From my own projects
  • Sources linked
  • Updated September 2026

The same job on four platforms

The same task, a different bill and a different console. The layer does not change.

AWS

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore[1]

AgentCore runs agents and keeps them apart.

AWS documentation →[2]

Microsoft Azure

Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry[3]

Official documentation →

Google Cloud

Vertex AI Agent Engine[4]

Official documentation →

Open source / run it yourself

Strands Agents[5]

Open-source agent SDK from AWS, Apache 2.0. Runs anywhere, not only on AgentCore.

LangGraph[6]

Stateful agent graphs, MIT licence, self-hosted.

CrewAI[7]

Crews of role-based agents, MIT licence, self-hosted.

What AgentCore does

You sendA task, and the agent code you want run
AgentCore

AgentCore runs agents and keeps them apart.

You get backThe result, an isolated session, its memory, and a record
What it costsPer use. Nothing runs between tasks, which is why eight agents cost about one cent per video in my pipeline.
Who operates itAWS runs the runtime and the isolation. The agent logic, its identity and what it may reach are yours.
When it is the wrong choiceWhen one prompt would do. Several agents are an answer to several jobs, not to one hard one.

AWS calls it: “The platform for production AI agents. Any framework. Any model. Secure at scale.”[1]

How I use it

Running my agent crews with memory, each agent in its own session.

AI agent systems →All AWS services in my projects →
Linda Mohamed

Linda Mohamed, AI and cloud consultant and AWS Community Hero in Vienna. I build these pipelines for clients and teach them at FH Burgenland.

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Questions

What is the Azure equivalent of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore?

Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry.

What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore?

Vertex AI Agent Engine.

What is the open-source alternative to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore?

Strands Agents: Open-source agent SDK from AWS, Apache 2.0. Runs anywhere, not only on AgentCore. LangGraph: Stateful agent graphs, MIT licence, self-hosted. CrewAI: Crews of role-based agents, MIT licence, self-hosted.

How is Amazon Bedrock AgentCore billed?

Per use. Nothing runs between tasks, which is why eight agents cost about one cent per video in my pipeline.

When should you not use Amazon Bedrock AgentCore?

When one prompt would do. Several agents are an answer to several jobs, not to one hard one.

Sources

  1. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore product page. https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/
  2. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore documentation. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/what-is-bedrock-agentcore.html
  3. Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry documentation. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/overview
  4. Vertex AI Agent Engine documentation. https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/agent-engine/overview
  5. Strands Agents. https://strandsagents.com/
  6. LangGraph. https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph
  7. CrewAI. https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI
  8. AWS AgentCore vs Bedrock Agents: When to Use Which AWS Agent Runtime, ai-solutions.wiki. https://ai-solutions.wiki/comparisons/agentcore-vs-bedrock-agents/
  9. Strands Agents: AWS-Native Agent SDK, ai-solutions.wiki. https://ai-solutions.wiki/tools/strands-agents/
  10. LangGraph: Stateful AI Agent Graphs, ai-solutions.wiki. https://ai-solutions.wiki/tools/langgraph/
  11. CrewAI vs LangGraph: Choosing Your Multi-Agent Framework, ai-solutions.wiki. https://ai-solutions.wiki/comparisons/crewai-vs-langgraph/
  12. Microsoft Agent Framework, ai-solutions.wiki. https://ai-solutions.wiki/tools/microsoft-agent-framework/
  13. Linda Mohamed, course slides “The projects”, MASE-3, FH Burgenland, September 2026.

Links checked September 2026. Product names and availability change: check the linked pages before you decide.

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