Celesto Cloud vs Perplexity Sandbox

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Perplexity Sandbox
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Perplexity Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

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