Namespace Devboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Namespace Devboxes costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Namespace Devboxes runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Namespace Devboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
30-day free trial
Max session
24 hours

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

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

Namespace Devboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Namespace Devboxes: $0.06
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Namespace Devboxes: Included
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Namespace Devboxes: $0.20 per GB-month for storage used
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Namespace Devboxes: 30-day free trial
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Namespace Devboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Namespace Devboxes: Bundled machine time
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Namespace Devboxes: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Namespace Devboxes: After 15 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Namespace Devboxes: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Namespace Devboxes: Up to 50
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Namespace Devboxes: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Namespace Devboxes:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Namespace Devboxes: TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Namespace Devboxes: Claude Code, MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Namespace Devboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Namespace Devboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.060
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.120
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Namespace Devboxes: $0.240
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Namespace Devboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You need GDPR.

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