Leap0 vs Shardflux

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Leap0

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

Shardflux

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Leap0
Shardflux
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Shardflux: $0.015
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Shardflux: $0.015
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Leap0: Not listed
Shardflux:
Snapshots
Leap0:
Shardflux:
Pause and resume
Leap0:
Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code
Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Shardflux
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Shardflux fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • 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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