Krova Cloud vs Shellbox

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Krova Cloud

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

Shellbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
Shellbox
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Shellbox: Included
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Shellbox: Bundled machine time
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Shellbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Shellbox: Included
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Shellbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Shellbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Shellbox: No limit
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shellbox: Up to 16

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Shellbox: Not listed
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Shellbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Shellbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Shellbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Shellbox: $0.010
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Shellbox: $0.020
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Shellbox: $0.040

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.020 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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