Beam Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Isolated, secure environments for running untrusted code at scale.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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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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Beam Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Volumes free up to 1 TB, then $0.021 per GB per month. Snapshots included.; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Up to 1,000; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

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Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Volumes free up to 1 TB, then $0.021 per GB per month. Snapshots included.; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Up to 1,000; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: AGPL-3.0; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want an open-source platform (AGPL-3.0) that you can self-host.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need GDPR.

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