Leap0 vs Thunder Sandboxes

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Leap0

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Leap0
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

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