Leap0 vs Railway Sandboxes

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Railway Sandboxes costs $0.069444 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Railway Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Leap0

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

Railway Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 trial credit for 30 days
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Leap0
Railway Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Railway Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Railway Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Railway Sandboxes: $0.069444
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Railway Sandboxes: $5 trial credit for 30 days
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: $5 / month
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Railway Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Railway Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Railway Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Railway Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Railway Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Railway Sandboxes: $0.208
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Railway Sandboxes: $0.417
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Railway Sandboxes: $0.833

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.417 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Railway Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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