Tenki Sandbox vs xShellz Agent Shell

Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
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

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

Tenki Sandbox
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time ($50 at sign-up, $50 when you add a payment method)
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You need GDPR.

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