Deno Sandbox vs Shardflux

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

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.

Deno Sandbox
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Shardflux: Up to 200
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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