CreateOS Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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

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

CreateOS Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox 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.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need GDPR.

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