Leap0 vs Vercel Sandbox

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Leap0
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Integrations
Leap0: MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Leap0: MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Leap0: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Leap0: Via the sales team
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • 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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