Superserve vs xShellz Agent Shell

Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
Max session
No limit

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.

Superserve
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Free tier
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Superserve: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Superserve: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Superserve: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Superserve: $0.0504
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.0162
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Superserve: Free
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Superserve: $5 to start, plus $95 when you add billing
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Superserve: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Superserve: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Superserve: No limit
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Superserve: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Superserve: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Superserve: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Superserve: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Superserve:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Superserve:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Superserve: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Superserve: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Enterprise plan.
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Superserve
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Superserve: $0.083
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Superserve: $0.166
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Superserve: $0.331
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Superserve fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.

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