Shardflux vs Tenki Sandbox

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Tenki Sandbox costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Shardflux

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

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Shardflux
Tenki Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100
Isolation
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Shardflux: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Shardflux: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Shardflux: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Shardflux: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shardflux
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shardflux: $0.070
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: $0.140
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: $0.280
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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