Tensorlake Sandboxes vs xShellz Agent Shell

Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
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

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

Tensorlake Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Tensorlake Sandboxes: OpenAI Agents SDK
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Tensorlake Sandboxes: AWS, GCP, Azure, CoreWeave, Nebius or bare metal
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Tensorlake Sandboxes
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

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

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

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

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