Everstack vs Shardflux

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

Everstack
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Everstack: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Shardflux: Up to 200
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Everstack: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Shardflux: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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