Perplexity Sandbox vs Prized Sandboxes

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 22, 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

Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $30 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Prized Sandboxes profile

What is different

1 field differs. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Prized Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Perplexity Sandbox fits when

You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need pause and resume.

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