Managed Alternatives

• Tradeoffs: not in AWS compliance boundary (Anthropic is data processor); no governance stack (no Policy/Registry/Identity); organizational lock-in (cannot export).
• If the customer needs HIPAA/SOC/FedRAMP, governance, multi-agent A2A, code export, or multi-model → AgentCore wins regardless.

Bedrock Managed Agents (OpenAI-committed)

• Available in us-east-1 and expanding.
• If the customer needs model flexibility, governance, or code export → AgentCore wins.

Rule

Multi-provider or undecided → AgentCore (only option supporting all models natively, no lock-in).