Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Shardflux

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Shardflux: $0.04
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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