Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions vs xShellz Agent Shell

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions runs full VMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
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

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

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
xShellz Agent Shell
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Up to 600
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use LangChain.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

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

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