Apify AI Code Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$5 of usage every month
Max session
No limit

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

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Apify AI Code Sandboxapify.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You need pause and resume.

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