Morph vs Shardflux

Morph costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Morph runs full VMs. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Morph

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
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.

Morph
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Morph: $0.05
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Morph: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Paid plan from
Morph: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Morph: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Concurrent sandboxes
Morph: Up to 128
Shardflux: Up to 200
Isolation
Morph: Full VM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Morph: Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Morph: $0.05
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Morph: Included
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Morph: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Morph: Bundled machine time
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Morph: Up to 128
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Morph: Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Morph: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Morph
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Morph: $0.050
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Morph: $0.100
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Morph: $0.200
Shardflux: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Morph fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.100 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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