Orgo vs Shellbox

Orgo costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour and Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. Orgo runs full VMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Orgo

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit at signup, one time
Max session
No limit

Shellbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Orgo
Shellbox
vCPU, per hour
Orgo: $0.03
Shellbox: $0.01
Storage
Orgo: A stopped hourly computer costs $0.004 per hour. Extra disk on a plan is $1 per 20 GB per month
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Largest sandbox
Orgo: 6 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Orgo: Full VM
Shellbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations
Orgo: MCP, Claude Code
Shellbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Orgo: $0.03
Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour
Orgo: Included
Shellbox: Included
Storage
Orgo: A stopped hourly computer costs $0.004 per hour. Extra disk on a plan is $1 per 20 GB per month
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Free tier
Orgo: $5 credit at signup, one time
Shellbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Orgo: Pay as you go
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Orgo: Bundled machine time
Shellbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Orgo: No limit
Shellbox: No limit
Idle stop
Orgo: Not listed
Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Largest sandbox
Orgo: 6 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Orgo: Up to 16
Shellbox: Up to 16

Platform

Isolation
Orgo: Full VM
Shellbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Orgo:
Shellbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Orgo:
Shellbox:
Pause and resume
Orgo:
Shellbox:

Developer

SDKs
Orgo: Python, TypeScript
Shellbox: Not listed
Integrations
Orgo: MCP, Claude Code
Shellbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Orgo: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed
BYOC
Orgo: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Orgo
Shellbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Orgo: $0.030
Shellbox: $0.010
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Orgo: $0.060
Shellbox: $0.020
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Orgo: $0.120
Shellbox: $0.040

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Orgo fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Shellbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.020 against $0.060 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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