Krova Cloud vs Shardflux

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

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.

Krova Cloud
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Shardflux: Free
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Krova Cloud: 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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Shardflux: Free
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 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 a desktop in the sandbox.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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