Morph vs Shellbox

Morph costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. Morph runs full VMs. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Morph

Snapshot, branch and restore whole machines.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Morph profile

Shellbox

Linux microVMs for developers and AI agents, made and controlled over SSH.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Shellbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Morph

Shellbox

vCPU, per hour: Morph: $0.05; Shellbox: $0.01
Concurrent sandboxes: Morph: Up to 128; Shellbox: Up to 16
Isolation: Morph: Full VM; Shellbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Morphcloud.morph.so/web/subscribecloud.morph.so

Shellboxshellbox.dev/#pricingshellbox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Morph: $0.05; Shellbox: $0.01
RAM, per GiB-hour: Morph: Included; Shellbox: Included
Storage: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Free tier: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Morph: Pay as you go; Shellbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Morph: Bundled machine time; Shellbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: No limit
Idle stop: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Largest sandbox: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Morph: Up to 128; Shellbox: Up to 16

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Morph: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Shellbox: Not listed
Integrations: Morph: Claude Code; Shellbox: Claude Code

Trust

License: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: Not listed
BYOC: Morph: Not listed; Shellbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Morph

Shellbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Morph: $0.050; Shellbox: $0.010
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Morph: $0.100; Shellbox: $0.020
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Morph: $0.200; Shellbox: $0.040

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Morph fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

Shellbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.020 against $0.100 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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