Perplexity Sandbox vs tama

tama costs $0.0117 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. tama runs full VMs 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

tama

Linux VMs with GPUs, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site tama profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

tama

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; tama: Full VM

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: $0.0117
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: $0.0055
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: No charge for snapshots or stopped machines
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; tama: Full VM
GPU: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama:
Snapshots: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama:
Pause and resume: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama:

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; tama: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

tama

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: $0.023
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: $0.045
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; tama: $0.091

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

tama fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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