Freestyle VMs vs Perplexity Sandbox

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs 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.

Field

Freestyle VMs

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Freestyle VMs:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.

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