Perplexity Sandbox vs Shardflux

Shardflux costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Shardflux runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Shardflux

Serverless VMs for cloud agents that park when idle and keep their state.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Shardflux profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Shardflux

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Shardfluxshardflux.dev/#pricingshardflux.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.015
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Retained storage is a monthly allowance per plan. No hourly storage rate is published.
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: 30-day Pro trial, no card needed
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $9 / month
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Shardflux: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux:
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux:

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Shardflux: TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Shardflux

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Shardflux: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Shardflux fits when

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

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