DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Perplexity Sandbox

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs 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

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

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

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