Freestyle VMs vs xShellz Agent Shell

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs 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

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

Field

Freestyle VMs

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Freestyle VMs:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You use MCP.
You need GDPR.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Freestyle VMs

xShellz Agent Shell

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

Freestyle VMs fits when

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse