CreateOS Sandbox vs Perplexity Sandbox

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

CreateOS Sandbox

Hosted Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site CreateOS 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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CreateOS Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

CreateOS Sandboxcreateos.sh/pricing/sandboxcreateos.sh

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: CreateOS Sandbox: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: CreateOS Sandbox: No limit; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: CreateOS Sandbox: No; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: CreateOS Sandbox:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: CreateOS Sandbox:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

CreateOS Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

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

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