Lizard Sandboxes vs Perplexity Sandbox

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes 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

Lizard Sandboxes

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Lizard Sandboxeslizard.build/pricinglizard.build

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Lizard Sandboxes: No limit; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Lizard Sandboxes:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Lizard Sandboxes:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Lizard Sandboxes

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes 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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