Perplexity Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Thunder Sandboxes 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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

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

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.

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