Leap0 vs Zipbox

Leap0 costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Leap0 runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Leap0

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

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Leap0
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Zipbox: Included
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Leap0:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Leap0:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Leap0: $0.0504
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Leap0: $0.0162
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Leap0: Not listed
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Leap0: Free during public preview
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Leap0: Not listed
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Leap0: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Leap0: 8 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Leap0: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Leap0: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Leap0: Up to 3
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Leap0: Firecracker microVM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Leap0: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Leap0:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Leap0:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Leap0: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Leap0: MCP, Claude Code, LangChain
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Leap0
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Leap0: $0.083
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Leap0: $0.166
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Leap0: $0.331
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Leap0 fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Zipbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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