Mosaic Sandbox vs Perplexity Sandbox

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Mosaic Sandbox

Linux microVM sandboxes for coding agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Mosaic Sandbox 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

Mosaic Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation: Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
SDKs: Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Mosaic Sandboxsandbox.mosaicos.com/pricingsandbox.mosaicos.com

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

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Mosaic Sandbox: Included; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Mosaic Sandbox: Free; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier: Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM; Perplexity Sandbox: Container
GPU: Mosaic Sandbox: No; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Mosaic Sandbox:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Mosaic Sandbox:; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go; Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP, Claude Code, Vercel AI SDK; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Mosaic Sandbox

Perplexity Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100; Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use LangChain, MCP, Claude Code or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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