Sendblue Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

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

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

Sendblue Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
Free tier
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Largest sandbox
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
Pause and resume
Sendblue Sandboxes: No
xShellz Agent Shell:

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Sendblue Sandboxes: No
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sendblue Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need GDPR.

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