AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs xShellz Agent Shell
AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.
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AWS Lambda MicroVMs
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 8 hours
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
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
xShellz Agent Shell
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- xShellz Agent Shell: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws
xShellz Agent Shellxshellz
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
- xShellz Agent Shell: Included
- Storage
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free
- Free tier
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
- Paid plan from
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
- Billing
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
- xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
- xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
- Idle stop
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Platform
- Isolation
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
- xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
- GPU
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Snapshots
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
- xShellz Agent Shell:
Developer
- SDKs
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
- xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
- Integrations
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code
Trust
- License
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- BYOC
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs
xShellz Agent Shell
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You need snapshots.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
xShellz Agent Shell fits when
- A session must run longer than 8 hours.
- You use MCP or Claude Code.
- You need GDPR.
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