Freestyle VMs vs Leap0

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed

Leap0

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

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Leap0: $0.0162
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Leap0: Free during public preview
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
Leap0: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Leap0: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
Leap0: MCP

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 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 MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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