AgentBay vs xShellz Agent Shell

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

xShellz Agent Shell

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session
No limit

What is different

10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

AgentBay
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need GDPR.

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