exe.dev vs Perplexity Sandbox

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev 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.

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Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

exe.devexe.dev/pricing

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code or MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need HIPAA.

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