Fly.io Sprites vs xShellz Agent Shell

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs Firecracker microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

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

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

Fly.io Sprites
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.

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