Mosaic Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker 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

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

Mosaic Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
Paid plan from
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Largest sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP, Claude Code, Vercel AI SDK
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Mosaic Sandbox: No
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Mosaic Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Mosaic Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP, Claude Code, Vercel AI SDK
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Mosaic Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You need GDPR.

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