Maritime vs Perplexity Sandbox

Maritime runs Firecracker microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

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Maritime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
3 agents, forever
Max session
Not listed

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

2 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Maritime
Perplexity Sandbox
Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage
Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Maritime: $20 / month
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Maritime: After 5 minutes
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Maritime: Up to 500
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Maritime:
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Maritime
Perplexity Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Maritime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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