Depot Agent Sandboxes vs Shardflux

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Depot Agent Sandboxes runs containers. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running Claude Code sessions.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Depot Agent Sandboxes profile

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

Visit site Shardflux profile

What is different

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

Field

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Shardflux

Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Shardflux: $9 / month
Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Claude Code; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Depot Agent Sandboxesdepot.dev/pricing

Shardfluxshardflux.dev/#pricingshardflux.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: Depot Agent Sandboxes: $20 / month; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux:
Snapshots: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux:
Pause and resume: Depot Agent Sandboxes:; Shardflux:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Depot Agent Sandboxes

Shardflux

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Depot Agent Sandboxes: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Depot Agent Sandboxes fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II.

Shardflux fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.

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