Shardflux vs xShellz Agent Shell

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Shardflux

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

xShellz Agent Shell

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Shardflux
xShellz Agent Shell
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5
Isolation
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shardflux: $0.04
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shardflux: $0.015
xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage
Shardflux: Free
xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from
Shardflux: $9 / month
xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Shardflux: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop
Shardflux: After 5 minutes
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Shardflux: Up to 200
xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU
Shardflux:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots
Shardflux:
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume
Shardflux:
xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain
xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Shardflux: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC
Shardflux: Not listed
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shardflux
xShellz Agent Shell
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shardflux: $0.070
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shardflux: $0.140
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: $0.280
xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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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 the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You need snapshots.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

  • You need GDPR.

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