Perplexity Sandbox vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Sandbox as a Service

Dedicated virtual machine sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandbox as a Service profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandbox as a Servicesandbox-as-a-service.com/pricingsandbox-as-a-service.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Sandbox as a Service

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox as a Service fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.

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