microsandbox cloud vs xShellz Agent Shell

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud 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.

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microsandbox cloud

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: microsandbox cloud: $49 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: microsandbox cloud: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes: microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation: microsandbox cloud: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; xShellz Agent Shell:
SDKs: microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

microsandbox cloudmicrosandbox.dev/pricingmicrosandbox.dev

xShellz Agent Shellxshellz.com/pricingxshellz.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.05; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: microsandbox cloud: $0.0162; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: microsandbox cloud: $49 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: microsandbox cloud: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: microsandbox cloud: MicroVM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: microsandbox cloud: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: microsandbox cloud:; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: microsandbox cloud: No; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License: microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

microsandbox cloud

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.082; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.165; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: microsandbox cloud: $0.330; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You need pause and resume.
You need GDPR.

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