Perplexity Sandbox vs Zipbox

Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Perplexity Sandbox runs containers. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Perplexity Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Perplexity Sandbox
Zipbox
Isolation
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Perplexity Sandbox: Container
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Perplexity Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Perplexity Sandbox
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Perplexity Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.027

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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.

Zipbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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