Depot Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Depot Sandboxes costs $0.18 per vCPU-hour. Depot Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Depot Sandboxes

Linux microVMs for code, tests and agents, made and run from a Node.js SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: 7-day free trial, no credit card
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Depot Sandboxes 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

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

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Depot Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

Free tier: Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Depot Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session: Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Isolation: Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
Pause and resume: Depot Sandboxes: No; xShellz Agent Shell:
SDKs: Depot Sandboxes: TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Depot Sandboxes: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Sandboxes: $0.18; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Sandboxes: Included; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Depot Sandboxes: 7-day free trial, no credit card; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Depot Sandboxes: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Depot Sandboxes: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Depot Sandboxes: 24 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Depot Sandboxes: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Depot Sandboxes:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Depot Sandboxes: No; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Sandboxes: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Sandboxes

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.180; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.360; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Sandboxes: $0.720; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

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

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