Leap0 vs Sandbox as a Service

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Leap0

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Leap0
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Leap0:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Leap0:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Leap0: MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Leap0: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Leap0: Via the sales team
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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.

Sandbox as a Service 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: $0.090 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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