Shardflux vs Unikraft Cloud

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Shardflux

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Shardflux
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24
SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Shardflux: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Shardflux: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

Isolation
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Shardflux:
Unikraft Cloud:
Snapshots
Shardflux:
Unikraft Cloud:
Pause and resume
Shardflux:
Unikraft Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Shardflux: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Shardflux: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shardflux fits when

  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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