Perplexity Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sailboxes profile

What is different

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

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Perplexity Sandbox

Sailboxes

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sailboxesdocs.sailresearch.com/pricingdocs.sailresearch.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Sailboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sailboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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