LangSmith Sandboxes vs Shardflux

LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

LangSmith Sandboxes
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

LangSmith Sandboxes
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378
Shardflux: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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