Shardflux vs tama

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs. tama runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Shardflux

Serverless VMs for cloud agents that park when idle and keep their state.

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

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tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

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

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

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Shardflux

tama

vCPU, per hour: Shardflux: $0.04; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Shardflux: $0.015; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Billing: Shardflux: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second
Largest sandbox: Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation: Shardflux: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
SDKs: Shardflux: TypeScript, Python; tama: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Shardflux: $0.04; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Shardflux: $0.015; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Shardflux: $9 / month; tama: Not listed
Billing: Shardflux: Active CPU time only; tama: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Shardflux: Firecracker microVM; tama: Full VM
GPU: Shardflux:; tama:
Snapshots: Shardflux:; tama:
Pause and resume: Shardflux:; tama:

Developer

SDKs: Shardflux: TypeScript, Python; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP; tama: Not listed

Trust

License: Shardflux: Not listed; tama: Not listed
BYOC: Shardflux: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Shardflux

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Shardflux: $0.070; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Shardflux: $0.140; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Shardflux: $0.280; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shardflux fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code or MCP.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

tama fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.045 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 32 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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