Perplexity Sandbox vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 23, 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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

Visit site SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Perplexity Sandboxdocs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricingdocs.perplexity.ai

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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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.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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