Perplexity Sandbox vs Solari

Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Perplexity Sandbox
Solari
Isolation
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari:
Pause and resume
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari:

Developer

SDKs
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Perplexity Sandbox
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: $0.342

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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.

Solari 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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