AWS Lambda MicroVMs vs Perplexity Sandbox

AWS Lambda MicroVMs costs $0.0997 per vCPU-hour. AWS Lambda MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 8 hours. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Serverless microVMs on AWS that suspend when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 8 hours

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Perplexity Sandbox

Isolated Linux containers that run Python and bash code inside a Perplexity Agent API request.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Perplexity Sandbox profile

What is different

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

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AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AWS Lambda MicroVMsaws.amazon.com/lambda/pricingaws.amazon.com

Perplexity Sandboxdocs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricingdocs.perplexity.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0997; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.0132; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Snapshot storage $0.08 per GB-month (US East). Snapshot write $0.0038 per GB. Snapshot read $0.00155 per GB.; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 8 hours; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: AWS Lambda MicroVMs:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Python, JavaScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AWS Lambda MicroVMs

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.126; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.252; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AWS Lambda MicroVMs: $0.504; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AWS Lambda MicroVMs fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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