exe.dev vs xShellz Agent Shell

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev 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

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

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xShellz Agent Shell

Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
You need HIPAA.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You need pause and resume.
You need GDPR.

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