Buddy Sandboxes vs Leap0

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

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.

Buddy Sandboxes
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Leap0: $0.0162
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Leap0: Free during public preview
Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Leap0: 8 hours
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Up to 3

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Leap0 fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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