ix vs Leap0

ix costs $0.0288 per vCPU-hour and Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. ix runs full VMs. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours.

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ix

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

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.

ix
Leap0
vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Leap0: $0.0162
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Leap0: Per second
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
ix: Full VM
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
ix: $0.0288
Leap0: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
ix: $0.0108
Leap0: $0.0162
Storage
ix: $0.101 per GiB-month stored
Leap0: Not listed
Free tier
ix: Not listed
Leap0: Free during public preview
Paid plan from
ix: Pay as you go
Leap0: Not listed
Billing
ix: Active CPU time only
Leap0: Per second

Limits

Max session
ix: Not listed
Leap0: 8 hours
Idle stop
ix: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
ix: 100 vCPU · 256 GiB
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
ix: Up to 100
Leap0: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
ix: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
ix: MCP
Leap0: MCP

Trust

License
ix: Not listed
Leap0: Not listed
BYOC
ix: Not listed
Leap0: Via the sales team

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

ix
Leap0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
ix: $0.050
Leap0: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
ix: $0.101
Leap0: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
ix: $0.202
Leap0: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

ix fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.101 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Leap0 fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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