Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Leap0

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

Leap0

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

What is different

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

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Leap0: $0.0162
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Leap0: Per second
Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Leap0: 8 hours
Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: MCP

Trust

License
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Leap0 fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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