tama vs xShellz Agent Shell

tama costs $0.01166 per vCPU-hour. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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tama

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
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

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

tama
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.005523
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Paid plan from
tama: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
tama: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
tama: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
tama: Python, TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
tama: $0.01166
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
tama: $0.005523
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
tama: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
tama: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
tama: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
tama: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
tama:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
tama:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
tama:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

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

Trust

License
tama: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
tama: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

tama
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
tama: $0.023
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
tama: $0.045
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
tama: $0.091
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

tama fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need GDPR.

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