Novita Sandbox vs Shardflux

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
3 hours

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.

Novita Sandbox
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Shardflux: Up to 200
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Shardflux: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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