Qiniu Cloud Sandbox vs Shardflux

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
1 hour

Shardflux

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

What is different

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

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox
Shardflux
Storage
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Billing
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
BYOC
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Shardflux: $0.280

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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