Leap0 vs Sailboxes

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Leap0

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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Leap0
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Sailboxes: $0.008
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Leap0: MCP
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Sailboxes: $0.124

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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 need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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