EQVPS Sandboxes vs Shardflux
EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.
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EQVPS Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Max session
- 720 hours
Shardflux
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
EQVPS Sandboxes
Shardflux
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Shardflux: $0.015
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Shardflux: $9 / month
- Billing
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
- Shardflux: Active CPU time only
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- Shardflux: Up to 200
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- Shardflux: $0.04
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Shardflux: $0.015
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Shardflux: Free
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Shardflux: $9 / month
- Billing
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
- Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Limits
- Max session
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Shardflux: Not listed
- Idle stop
- EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
- Shardflux: After 5 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- Shardflux: Up to 200
Platform
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Shardflux:
- Snapshots
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Shardflux:
- Pause and resume
- EQVPS Sandboxes:
- Shardflux:
Developer
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain
Trust
- License
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Shardflux: Not listed
- BYOC
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Shardflux: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
EQVPS Sandboxes
Shardflux
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
- Shardflux: $0.070
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
- Shardflux: $0.140
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
- Shardflux: $0.280
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
EQVPS Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Shardflux fits when
- You need GPUs.
- You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
- You need snapshots.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
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