StateSet Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
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

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

StateSet Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
SDKs
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
StateSet Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
StateSet Sandbox:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

StateSet Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You need GDPR.

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