Maritime vs xShellz Agent Shell

Maritime runs Firecracker microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Maritime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
3 agents, forever
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

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

Maritime
xShellz Agent Shell
Storage
Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Maritime: 3 agents, forever
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Maritime: $20 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Maritime: Up to 500
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Maritime: 3 agents, forever
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Maritime: $20 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Maritime: After 5 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Maritime: Up to 500
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Maritime:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Maritime
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Maritime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You need GDPR.

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