Dedalus Machines vs Perplexity Sandbox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Dedalus Machines

Linux virtual machines for AI agents that sleep when idle.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Dedalus Machines 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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Dedalus Machines

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

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Dedalus Machines fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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