Prized Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
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.

Prized Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 50
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Prized Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need GDPR.

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