BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox costs $0.0351 per vCPU-hour. BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 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.

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.051
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.103
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.205
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need GDPR.

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