Shardflux vs Together Sandbox

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Shardflux

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Shardflux
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Shardflux: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Shardflux: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Shardflux: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Shardflux: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shardflux
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shardflux: $0.070
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: $0.140
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: $0.280
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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 want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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