Shellbox vs Unikraft Cloud

Shellbox costs $0.01 per vCPU-hour. Shellbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Shellbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Unikraft Cloud

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

What is different

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

Shellbox
Unikraft Cloud
Paid plan from
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
Shellbox: Up to 16
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Shellbox: $0.01
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Shellbox: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Shellbox: A stopped box costs $0.50 per x1 slot per month
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Shellbox: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Shellbox: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Shellbox: Bundled machine time
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Shellbox: No limit
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Shellbox: After 2 minutes
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Shellbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Shellbox: Up to 16
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

Isolation
Shellbox: Firecracker microVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Shellbox: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud:
Snapshots
Shellbox:
Unikraft Cloud:
Pause and resume
Shellbox:
Unikraft Cloud:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Shellbox
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Shellbox: $0.010
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Shellbox: $0.020
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shellbox: $0.040
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shellbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

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

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