BoxCompute vs Leap0

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
42 hours

Leap0

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

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Leap0: $0.0162
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Leap0: Free during public preview
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Leap0: Per second
Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Leap0: 8 hours
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0:
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Leap0:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: MCP

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

Leap0 fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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