Agent Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

Agent Sandbox runs containers. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Agent Sandbox

Hosted API that runs Python and shell code for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Agent Sandbox profile

xShellz Agent Shell

Always-on Linux boxes for AI agents, isolated with gVisor.

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

Visit site xShellz Agent Shell profile

What is different

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

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Agent Sandbox

xShellz Agent Shell

Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Agent Sandbox: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Agent Sandbox: Python; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Agent Sandbox: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Agent Sandbox

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.
You need GDPR.

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