Perplexity Sandbox vs Vercel Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

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Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Vercel Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Perplexity Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation: Perplexity Sandbox: Container; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Vercel Sandboxvercel.com/docs/sandbox/pricingvercel.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Perplexity Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Vercel Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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