---
title: exe.dev
slug: exe-dev
url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/exe-dev"
homepage: "https://exe.dev"
categories: sandbox-providers
last_verified: 2026-11-07
dataset_version: 0738be72
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# exe.dev

> Persistent VMs you SSH into, with root, apt and systemd, on a flat monthly plan.

- Long-lived Linux VMs over SSH, with root, a public hostname and a flat monthly plan, not a per-second meter
- Here because a competitor's table lists it: BYO repos with a setup script, SSH, Docker in the guest, no session cap, flat pricing
- Same chart claims no snapshot/fork and no dedicated IPv4
- Toolweight verified none of it; the absences are a rival's characterisation, not a checked fact

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | exe.dev |
| Company | exe.dev |
| One-liner | Persistent VMs you SSH into, with root, apt and systemd, on a flat monthly plan. |
| Site | https://exe.dev |
| Docs | https://exe.dev/sandbox |
| Compared in | 1 |

## Where it is compared

### [Sandbox providers](https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers)
Ranked **#6 of 19** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cold start | - | Unknown | - | - | toolweight has not measured exe.dev, and the comparison table it appears in publishes no boot figure for it. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--cold_start_measured |
| Cold start (claimed) | - | Unknown | - | - | Absent from the "<500ms time to VM-ready" row of a competitor's table, which is not the same as exe.dev claiming anything either way. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--cold_start_claimed |
| Isolation | vm | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/architecture.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--isolation_tech |
| Root in guest | ● | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | https://box.ascii.dev/compare | Derived from the "Docker inside the VM" row: a Docker daemon in the guest implies root. The table claims Docker, not root. Transcribed from box's comparison table, a competitor's chart, not exe.dev's own documentation, and not verified by toolweight. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--root_access |
| Egress control | allowlist | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/internet-access.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--egress_control |
| Max runtime | 24h | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--max_runtime |
| Persistent FS | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/architecture.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--persistent_fs |
| Snapshot & fork | ◐ | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--snapshot_fork |
| Custom images | ◐ | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | https://box.ascii.dev/compare | Derived from "BYO repos + arbitrary setup script", a base extended by a setup script, this field's partial. The mapping is ours. From a competitor's table, unverified. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--custom_images |
| GPU | - | Unknown | - | - | Not a row in the table. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--gpu |
| Runtimes | any-oci-image | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/private-image.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--language_runtimes |
| Preview URLs | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/proxy.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--preview_urls |
| Browser inside | - | Unknown | - | - | Not a row in the table. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--browser_in_sandbox |
| File up/download | ◐ | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | https://box.ascii.dev/compare | Derived from the "SSH access" row: scp and sftp follow from SSH, and CLI-only access is this field's partial. No first-party file API is described. Competitor's table, unverified. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--file_transfer_api |
| Sydney region | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/regions | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--sydney_region |
| Concurrent limit | - | Unknown | - | - | Absent from the "1000+ concurrent VMs ergonomically" row; no figure is given. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--max_concurrency |
| MCP server | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/mcp | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--mcp_server |
| SDKs | cli, rest-api | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/api.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--sdk_languages |
| Streaming output | - | Unknown | - | - | Not a row in the table. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--streaming_stdout |
| Price / hour | $0.105/hr | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/pricing | Work plan additional pool resources of 2 vCPUs / 4 GiB, billed hourly; excludes the $75/month Work plan base. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--price_per_hour |
| Meter | subscription | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | https://box.ascii.dev/compare | Derived from the "Flat pricing" row and mapped to subscription because that is this field's option for a flat fee rather than a meter. Competitor's table, unverified. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--billing_granularity |
| Idle cost | free-when-stopped | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--idle_billing |
| GitHub stars | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--github_stars |
| Funding | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--funding_stage |
| Shipped | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--launched |
| Positioning | Modern VMs you SSH into, with root, apt and systemd, on a flat monthly plan. | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://exe.dev | Paraphrased from exe.dev's own site. The capability cells on this row, unlike this one, come from a competitor's comparison table. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sandbox-providers#exe-dev--positioning |

**Verdict.** A placeholder built from a rival's table: positive claims credited, omissions ignored, nothing measured.

## Alternatives

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- [Cloudflare Sandbox](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-sandbox), Container sandboxes driven from a Worker, addressed through Durable Objects.
- [CodeSandbox SDK](https://toolweight.com/tools/codesandbox-sdk), Firecracker VMs with memory snapshots, from the online IDE, now owned by Together AI.
- [Daytona](https://toolweight.com/tools/daytona), Sub-second container sandboxes for agent workloads, from a team that built a dev-env manager.
- [Self-hosted Firecracker](https://toolweight.com/tools/diy-firecracker), The baseline: Firecracker on your own metal, plus every hard part you now own.
- [E2B](https://toolweight.com/tools/e2b), Open-source Firecracker sandboxes with Python and TypeScript SDKs for AI agents.
- [Fly.io Machines](https://toolweight.com/tools/fly-machines), Raw Firecracker microVMs with a REST API, durable volumes and 35+ regions.
- [Freestyle](https://toolweight.com/tools/freestyle), Run untrusted JavaScript and full dev servers, with git hosting and domains built in.
- [GitHub Codespaces](https://toolweight.com/tools/github-codespaces), Devcontainer-backed cloud VMs built for humans, occasionally repurposed for agents.
- [Islo](https://toolweight.com/tools/islo), Per-agent isolated cloud sandboxes with enterprise policy controls, from Incredibuild.
- [Modal](https://toolweight.com/tools/modal), Serverless Python compute with a Sandbox API bolted onto a GPU-first platform.

## Licence and attribution

Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0.

- Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/exe-dev
- Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/exe-dev.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp
- Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.