boxd vs xShellz Agent Shell

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

boxd

Persistent Linux machines for devs and AI agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 credit with a payment method
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

Visit site xShellz Agent Shell profile

What is different

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

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boxd

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: boxd: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: boxd: Claude Code, MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

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xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: boxd: $0.047; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: boxd: $0.014; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: boxd: $30 credit with a payment method; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: boxd: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: boxd: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: boxd: No limit; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: boxd: After 240 minutes; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: boxd: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: boxd: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: boxd: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: boxd: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: boxd:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: boxd:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: boxd: TypeScript, Python; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: boxd: Claude Code, MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: boxd: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: boxd: Custom plan; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

boxd

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: boxd: $0.075; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: boxd: $0.150; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: boxd: $0.300; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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