Celesto Cloud vs Shardflux

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Shardflux: Up to 200
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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