E2B vs xShellz Agent Shell

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

E2B

Open-source sandbox platform that gives AI agents isolated machines.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

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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

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What is different

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

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E2B

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: E2B: $0.0162; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Free tier: E2B: $100 credit, one time; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: E2B: $150 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: E2B: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session: E2B: 24 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox: E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: E2B: Up to 100; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation: E2B: Firecracker microVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

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E2Be2b.dev/pricing

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: E2B: $0.0504; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: E2B: $0.0162; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: E2B: Free; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: E2B: $100 credit, one time; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: E2B: $150 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: E2B: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: E2B: 24 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: E2B: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: E2B: Up to 100; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: E2B: Firecracker microVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: E2B: No; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: E2B:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: E2B:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: E2B: Apache-2.0; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: E2B: Enterprise plan; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

E2B

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: E2B: $0.083; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: E2B: $0.166; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: E2B: $0.331; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You need GDPR.

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