Islo Machines vs xShellz Agent Shell

Islo Machines costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Islo Machines runs microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Islo Machines

Persistent microVM computers for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Starting credit, no card required
Max session: Not listed

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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

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Islo Machines

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

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Islo Machinesislo.dev/pricing

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Islo Machines: $0.07; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Islo Machines: $0.04; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Islo Machines: $0.0007 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Islo Machines: Starting credit, no card required; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Islo Machines: Pay as you go; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Islo Machines: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Islo Machines: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Islo Machines:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Islo Machines:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: Islo Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Islo Machines: Claude Code; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Islo Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Islo Machines: Agent computers run in your VPC.; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Islo Machines

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.150; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.300; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Islo Machines: $0.600; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Islo Machines fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You use MCP.
You need GDPR.

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