Sandock vs xShellz Agent Shell

Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

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xShellz Agent Shell

Always-on Linux boxes for AI agents, isolated with gVisor.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session: No limit

Visit site xShellz Agent Shell profile

What is different

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

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Sandock

xShellz Agent Shell

Free tier: Sandock: None; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Sandock: $5 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Max session: Sandock: 8 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Largest sandbox: Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation: Sandock: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Sandock: TypeScript; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Sandock: MCP; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Sandock: None; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Sandock: $5 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Sandock: 8 hours; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Sandock: After 30 minutes; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Sandock: Up to 150; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Sandock: Container; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Sandock:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Sandock: MIT; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Sandock

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Sandock: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You use Claude Code.
You want to start without paying.
You need GDPR.

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