EQVPS Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
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

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You need GDPR.

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