Containarium Cloud vs xShellz Agent Shell

Containarium Cloud runs containers. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Containarium Cloud

Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.

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

Visit site Containarium Cloud profile

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

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

Field

Containarium Cloud

xShellz Agent Shell

Paid plan from: Containarium Cloud: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Largest sandbox: Containarium Cloud: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Containarium Cloudcontainarium.dev/pricingcontainarium.dev

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Containarium Cloud: Included; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Containarium Cloud: Free; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Containarium Cloud: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Containarium Cloud: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Containarium Cloud: Sales-led, on GCP or AWS; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Containarium Cloud

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need ISO 27001.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You need pause and resume.
You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.
You need GDPR.

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