Koyeb Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
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

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

Koyeb Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Koyeb Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Koyeb Sandboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Koyeb Sandboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Koyeb Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.

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