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Alternatives to Shellbox
Shellbox: Spin up, copy and park Linux virtual machines from your terminal over SSH, for developers and AI agents, paid by the minute. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 19 have a free plan.
- AgentLine
Gives AI agents a US or Canadian phone number for calls and SMS, usable over MCP, REST or an agent skill.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentsProof
Traces AI agent runs, scores them against your own rules and test cases, and gives a shareable report link.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AI Commander
Lets AI assistants like Claude, Codex or ChatGPT run shell commands and background jobs on machines you own, with no inbound ports opened.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Athas
A light open-source code editor with coding agents, terminals and Git built in, for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Codync
A free app for messaging Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents on your own computer from your phone or desktop.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Composio
Gives AI assistants and agents authenticated access to over 1,500 apps so they can take actions, with a managed MCP gateway.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- CTFreak
Self-hosted scheduler that runs, chains and logs scripts, SQL and Ansible jobs across many servers for sysadmins and MSPs.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- DashClaw
Holds risky actions from unattended AI coding agents until someone approves them from a dashboard or phone, and logs each decision.
Free trial · Security and passwords · Developers
- Dorothy
Mac app for developers to run, watch and coordinate several AI coding agents side by side with a task board.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Failproof AI
Traces AI coding agent runs, spots where they fail and enforces rules that stop repeat failures as they happen.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- gripui
Lets coding agents drive Chrome or Firefox on your own machine while you handle logins and 2FA when needed.
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- KyttoMCP
Local Mac and Windows tool to list, test and switch the MCP servers configured in Codex, VS Code, Cursor and Claude.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- littleguys
A Mac app that lets developers chat with, approve and schedule their AI coding agents as if they were messaging contacts.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- localscreenshot
Lets AI assistants and developers grab clean web page screenshots from 227 countries through MCP, a CLI or a REST API.
Free plan · Developer tools · Agencies
- Lumbox
Gives each AI agent a real email address, and soon a phone number, so it can read mail, reply and use login codes.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- machine0
Persistent cloud virtual machines with up to 60 vCPUs and optional GPUs, which coding agents drive via CLI or MCP, charged per minute.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- mcpock
A Mac menu bar app that tests the MCP servers your AI agents rely on and flags ones that are broken, slow or need sign-in.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Ohita
One API key that lets an AI agent call GitHub, YouTube, Hacker News, finance data and more without setting up each service.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Okteto
Gives AI coding agents and developers isolated full-stack environments on your own Kubernetes setup to test code against real services.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Omnara
An open-source API and dashboard for developers to deploy and run stateful AI agents on any model, either hosted or on their own servers.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- onemcp
A hosted portal that joins your MCP servers into one endpoint with OAuth, so AI agents load far fewer tool definitions.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Preloop
Open-source gateway that tracks spend, sets budgets and requires approvals for AI coding agents and their tool calls.
Free · Security and passwords · Developers
- Skyvern
AI agents that run browser tasks like logging into portals, filling forms and pulling out data, without fragile scripts.
Subscription · Developer tools
- Velane
Hosts agents, small APIs and internal tools with sandboxes, secrets, environments and many app connections, run from your editor.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers