Shardflux vs Vers

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

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Shardflux

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

Vers

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Starting credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Shardflux
Vers
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Vers: Included
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Vers: Pay as you go
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Vers: Per second
Isolation
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
Vers: Full VM
SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
Vers: Included
Storage
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
Vers: Pay as you go
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Vers: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP
Vers: Not listed

Trust

License
Shardflux: Not listed
Vers: Not listed
BYOC
Shardflux: Not listed
Vers: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shardflux
Vers
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shardflux: $0.070
Vers: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: $0.140
Vers: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: $0.280
Vers: $0.160

Compute only, at list rates.

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

Vers fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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