Buddy Sandboxes vs Perplexity Sandbox

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

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.

Field

Buddy Sandboxes

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Perplexity Sandboxdocs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricingdocs.perplexity.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Buddy Sandboxes: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Buddy Sandboxes:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Buddy Sandboxes:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Buddy Sandboxes

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

Perplexity Sandbox fits when

You need ISO 27001.

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