Perplexity Sandbox vs Runloop

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Runloop runs microVMs.

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

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Runloop

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Runloop: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

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

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