BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox vs Shardflux

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox costs $0.0351 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Shardflux: $0.015
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MCP
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MicroVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: MCP
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.051
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.103
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.205
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.103 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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