Perplexity Sandbox vs Sandbox0

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

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

Visit site Sandbox0 profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Sandbox0

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandbox0sandbox0.ai/pricingsandbox0.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Free
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Sandbox0

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox0 fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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