# x402vps

Pay-per-hour Docker containers for AI agents, billed automatically in USDC.

- Category: Developer Tools
- Pricing: From $0.01
- Tags: API, Blockchain AI
- Website: https://x402vps.com/?via=aigregator
- Aigregator page: https://aigregator.com/tools/x402vps
- API: https://x402.aigregator.com/v1/tools/x402vps

## Overview
x402vps rents short-lived Docker containers to AI agents rather than humans. An agent requests a container through an HTTP endpoint, receives a payment challenge under the HTTP 402 protocol, signs a USDC transfer on Base mainnet, and gets back a running container it can control through a REST API or the provided JavaScript SDK. There is no signup, dashboard, or API key: the agent's wallet address is its identity.

Four tiers are priced from $0.01 to $0.08 per hour, scaling vCPU, RAM, and bandwidth (the cheapest tier has no internet access; higher tiers add scraping and API-call bandwidth). Ten prebuilt images are available, including Alpine, Python, Node.js, Chrome, and Ubuntu, and containers offer a writable filesystem so agents can install their own packages. The service blocks SMTP, SSH, cryptocurrency mining, and reverse-shell activity at the infrastructure level.

The target user is a developer or platform building autonomous agents that need to spin up temporary, disposable compute for scraping, data processing, or browser automation without human-in-the-loop billing. Because payment and provisioning both happen on-chain and per-request, the model assumes agents (or their operators) already hold and can spend USDC, so it is not built for casual, wallet-free signup.
## Key Features
- Pay-per-hour USDC billing via HTTP 402
- 10 prebuilt Docker images
- REST API and JS SDK
- No signup or API keys required
- Wallet-based identity

## Use Cases
- Spinning up disposable compute for AI agent scraping tasks
- Running browser automation without human billing steps
- Temporary sandboxed execution for autonomous agents

## Pricing Plans
- ATOM: $0.01/credit
- CELL: $0.02/credit
- NODE: $0.04/credit
- CORE: $0.08/credit

## Alternatives
- [E2B](https://aigregator.com/tools/e2b)
- GitHub Codespaces
- [Modal](https://aigregator.com/tools/modal)

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Source: Aigregator — AI tools directory. https://aigregator.com/tools/x402vps