Modal vs Perplexity Sandbox

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

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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.

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Modal

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Modal: gVisor; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Modal: $0.070956; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Modal: $0.024012; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Modal: $30 credit every month; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Modal: Pay as you go; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Modal: Per second; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Modal: 24 hours; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Modal: gVisor; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Modal:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Modal:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Modal: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Modal

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Modal: $0.119; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Modal: $0.238; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Modal: $0.476; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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