AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Leap0

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
8 hours

Leap0

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free during public preview
Max session
8 hours

What is different

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

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Leap0: $0.0162
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot reads and writes are billed per GB.
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Snapshots
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Leap0:
Pause and resume
AWS Lambda MicroVMs:
Leap0:

Developer

SDKs
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: MCP

Trust

License
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.252 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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