exe.dev
exe.dev provides persistent Linux virtual machines designed to be controlled programmatically by AI agents and developer tools. Each sandbox is a full Linux box with root access, systemd, a public hostname, a persistent disk, and SSH, accessed via 'ssh exe.dev new' or an HTTPS API. The product is marketed toward AI coding agents that need real isolated compute environments.
| Pricing model | Fixed monthly subscription where applicable, plus hourly billing for reserved standalone VM capacity while running; disk is retained when stopped |
|---|---|
| Pricing The headline compute price as the provider states it. Sorting ranks prices stated per vCPU over time, converted to hourly. Other pricing models sort after, unranked. | From $15/month pooled subscription; standalone sandboxes are $0.105 per 2 vCPUs per hour |
| Free while idle Whether a stopped, paused, or sleeping sandbox costs nothing. | ✓ |
| Elastic Resources flex with what the sandbox actually uses, and the bill follows: yes when the provider bills on active or observed use, no when capacity is reserved or allocated and billed while it runs. | ✕ |
| Memory snapshots Whether RAM state survives a pause and resume, not just disk. | ✕ |
| Wake on request Whether a stopped sandbox wakes automatically on inbound traffic. | ✕ |
| Start / resume Typical time from create or resume to running. Sorting ranks stated times, converted to seconds; claims with no figure sort after, unranked. | ~2 s to create a new VM |
| Max runtime The longest a sandbox may run. | – |
| Isolation The isolation technology between sandboxes. | KVM via Cloud Hypervisor (also uses crosvm; per a third-party article, Kata Containers) |
| GPUs Whether GPU instances are available for sandboxes. | ✕ |
| Docker Whether Docker containers can run inside the sandbox. | ✓ |
| SDKs | JavaScript, TypeScript |
✓ yes · ✕ no · – no cited public fact.
VMs do not have their own public IP; exe.dev terminates HTTPS and proxies requests to the VM. Stopping a VM stops its vCPU and memory charges, but its disk is retained.
Sources
- https://exe.dev
- https://exe.dev/sandbox
- https://exe.dev/usage-pricing
- https://exe.dev/vps
- https://exe.dev/docs/faq/docker
- https://exe.dev/docs/docker
- https://exe.dev/docs/can-i-run-docker-images
- https://exe.dev/docs/all
- https://exe.dev/docs/faq
- https://exe.dev/docs/snapshots
- https://exe.dev/docs/usage-pricing
- https://exe.dev/docs/cli
- https://exe.dev/docs/cli-new
- https://exe.dev/docs/cli-restart
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40exedev/sdk
- https://store.boilerplate.com/product/npm/QGV4ZWRldi9zZGs=
- https://exe.dev/pricing
- https://exe.dev/docs/faq/how-exedev-works
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46397861
- https://algustionesa.com/the-rise-of-micro-vms-a-look-at-exe-dev/
- https://blog.exe.dev/meet-exe.dev
- https://exe.dev/docs/billing/overview
- https://exe.dev/docs/billing/subscriptions
- https://exe.dev/docs/billing/usage
- https://exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms
Last verified 2026-10-06. Corrections land through the update log.