Novita Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell
Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.
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Novita Sandbox
- Isolation
- Not listed
- Free tier
- $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
- Max session
- 3 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
10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Novita Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
- xShellz Agent Shell: Included
- Storage
- Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free
- Free tier
- Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
- Paid plan from
- Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
- xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
- Billing
- Novita Sandbox: Per second
- xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
- Max session
- Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
- xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
- Largest sandbox
- Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
- xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
- SDKs
- Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
- Integrations
- Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
- xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Novita Sandboxdocs
xShellz Agent Shellxshellz
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
- xShellz Agent Shell: Included
- Storage
- Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free
- Free tier
- Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
- xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
- Paid plan from
- Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
- xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
- Billing
- Novita Sandbox: Per second
- xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
- xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
- Idle stop
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
- xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Platform
- Isolation
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
- GPU
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Novita Sandbox:
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- Novita Sandbox:
- xShellz Agent Shell:
Developer
- SDKs
- Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
- Integrations
- Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
- xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code
Trust
- License
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- BYOC
- Novita Sandbox: Not listed
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Novita Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Novita Sandbox: $0.058
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Novita Sandbox: $0.117
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Novita Sandbox: $0.233
- xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Novita Sandbox fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
xShellz Agent Shell fits when
- A session must run longer than 3 hours.
- You use MCP.
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