Beam Sandboxes vs Shardflux

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Isolated, secure environments for running untrusted code at scale.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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Shardflux

Serverless VMs for cloud agents that park when idle and keep their state.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

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Beam Sandboxes

Shardflux

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Shardflux: $0.015
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Shardfluxshardflux.dev/#pricingshardflux.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; Shardflux:
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; Shardflux:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

Shardflux

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

Shardflux fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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