Azure Container Apps Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes costs $0.0864 per vCPU-hour. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes runs microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes that start on demand.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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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

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What is different

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

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Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Azure Container Apps Sandboxessandboxes.azure.com/docs/sandboxes/costsandboxes.azure.com

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0864; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.0108; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Storage charge coming soon; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.108; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.216; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: $0.432; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes 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

You use MCP.
You need GDPR.

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