Cloudflare Sandbox vs Perplexity Sandbox

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Cloudflare Sandbox

Linux sandboxes that run untrusted or generated code, driven from a Worker.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Cloudflare Sandbox 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.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Cloudflare Sandboxdevelopers.cloudflare.com/containers/platform/pricingdevelopers.cloudflare.com

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Cloudflare Sandbox: None; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Cloudflare Sandbox:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Cloudflare Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use Claude Code or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need snapshots.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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