Leap0 vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Leap0

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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Leap0
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Billing
Leap0: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Up to 3
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096
Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Leap0: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Up to 3
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Leap0: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Leap0:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Leap0:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Leap0: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Leap0: Via the sales team
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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