CoreWeave Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 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

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

CoreWeave Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 2,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need GDPR.

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