Leap0 vs Northflank Sandboxes

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Leap0

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

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Leap0
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Leap0:
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Leap0:
Northflank Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Leap0: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Leap0: Via the sales team
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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