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1. 01

   Daytona

   Excellent fithigh certainty

   Key takeaway

   Hosted persistent sandboxes with SSH access and per-usage pricing suit a coding-agent VM cheaply.

   Before you choose

   • The supplied facts do not state a monthly price or typical cost at your usage, nor explicitly confirm a dedicated long-lived VM beyond sandboxes; verify persistence semantics, SSH details, quotas and regional choice.
   • Container isolation is listed, so VM-grade isolation may differ from what you expect.
   Why it fits your request

   Daytona is hosted, persistent by default with disk snapshots, and lists ssh-access, so a coding agent can SSH into a VM-like sandbox that survives stops; pricing is usage-based PAYG with a free tier and 5 GiB free storage, matching a low-cost budget.

   SDKs and CLI/API let an agent create and manage sandboxes.

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2. 02

   Scaleway

   Excellent fithigh certainty

   Key takeaway

   Hosted persistent VM Instances with SSH access and pay-as-you-go per-hour billing fit a low-cost agent host.

   Before you choose

   • The supplied facts do not give specific Instance sizes, hourly prices at your usage, or exact SSH setup steps; verify region (France/Netherlands/Poland/Italy), image availability, quotas and whether running a VM continuously stays within your low-cost target.
   Why it fits your request

   Scaleway is hosted IaaS offering persistent VM Instances with Block/Object/File storage and Unified Snapshots, and lists ssh-access, directly matching your persistent VM and SSH must-haves.

   Pay-as-you-go per-hour Instance billing in EUR with a free tier and no subscription fits a low-cost budget.

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3. 03

   Runtime

   Excellent fithigh certainty

   Key takeaway

   Hosted persistent sandboxes with SSH access and prepaid usage-based pricing fit a low-cost agent VM.

   Before you choose

   • The supplied facts do not state per-hour or monthly cost at your usage, nor confirm SSH behaviour or the exact default resource limits under the free tier (4 concurrent, 2 vCPU/4 GiB each).
   • Verify cost, quota, region and persistence settings.
   Why it fits your request

   Runtime is hosted Linux sandboxes for AI agents with persistent sandbox disks that survive stop/restart, attachable volumes, and listed ssh-access, matching your persistent VM and SSH needs.

   Pricing is prepaid usage-based with a free tier, suiting a low-cost budget; Firecracker microVM isolation and egress controls add safety for agent workloads.

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4. 04

   InstaVM

   Excellent fithigh certainty

   Key takeaway

   Hosted long-running stateful VMs with SSH access and per-second billing fit a low-cost coding-agent host.

   Before you choose

   • The supplied facts do not disclose compute/data location, per-second rates, or SSH specifics, and list persistent VMs alongside ephemeral sessions, so verify which mode you get.
   • Also check free-tier concurrency (5 VMs), quotas and whether low usage stays cheap.
   Why it fits your request

   InstaVM is hosted and offers long-running stateful VMs plus persistent volumes that outlive runs, with ssh-access listed, matching your persistent VM and SSH must-haves.

   Pricing is a free or $100/mo Pro plan plus pay-as-you-go per-second compute, which can be low-cost when usage is light; Firecracker microVM isolation fits agent workloads.

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5. 05

   ShellBox

   Excellent fithigh certainty

   Key takeaway

   Persistent SSH Linux boxes billed per minute running and $0.50/mo parked fit a low-cost agent VM.

   Before you choose

   • ShellBox has no free tier, so a small prepaid balance is needed, and the supplied facts give no running per-minute rate.
   • It runs in one EU region, lacks egress controls and managed secrets, only CLI/container-image deploy interfaces, and auto-deletes at $0 balance; verify cost, region and backup behaviour.
   Why it fits your request

   ShellBox is hosted persistent-env offering instant Linux boxes via SSH, with pause-on-disconnect memory snapshots and parked boxes at $0.50/mo, directly matching a persistent VM to SSH into.

   Per-minute billing only while running with no subscription fits a low-cost budget; Firecracker microVM isolation is included.

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