Perplexity Sandbox vs Prime Sandboxes

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolated microVM sandboxes for AI agents and RL.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Prime Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Prime Sandboxesdocs.primeintellect.ai/sandboxes/overviewdocs.primeintellect.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Prime Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prime Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.

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