exe.dev vs Shardflux

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev 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

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

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exe.dev

Shardflux

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux:
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux:
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

Shardflux

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need HIPAA.

Shardflux fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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