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Deploying needs a Cloudflare account through Wrangler. Version 1.0 adds preview ports with custom hostnames and authentication.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Needs the Workers Paid plan, $5 a month minimum (https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/). Billed as Containers plus Workers and Durable Objects. Containers include 25 GiB-hours of memory, 375 vCPU-minutes and 200 GB-hours of disk a month, then $0.0000025 a GiB-second of memory, $0.000020 a vCPU-second of CPU used and $0.00000007 a GB-second of disk, in 10 ms steps while the container runs. Egress is $0.025 a GB in North America and Europe after 1 TB (https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/pricing/). Durable Objects add $0.15 per million requests and $12.50 per million GB-seconds after the included amounts (https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$0.072 / vCPU-hr", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1100, "npmWeekly": 722733, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/sandbox/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/sandbox/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "sandbox.code", "sandbox.fs", "sandbox.persist" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "typescript", "open-source", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 191, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 87, "schema": 77, "security": 65, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Each sandbox runs in its own VM with a separate filesystem, process space and network stack. No hosted API. You deploy and secure a Worker before an agent can call anything, and the starter has no auth.", "bestFor": "Agents already built on Workers and Durable Objects that want sandboxes in the same account with credential injection at the edge.", "strengths": [ "Each sandbox runs in its own VM with a separate filesystem, process space and network stack", "Outbound handlers hold credentials in the Worker and inject them, so the container never sees them", "Egress can be turned off or limited to a deny-by-default `allowedHosts` list", "CPU billed on use at $0.000020 a vCPU-second, with a monthly allowance on Workers Paid", "Apache-2.0, with CodeQL and passing CI on main" ], "weaknesses": [ "No hosted API. You deploy and secure a Worker before an agent can call anything, and the starter has no auth", "Open bugs on backups that drop directories (#859) and restores of archives of 10 MB or more (#884)", "Needs Workers Paid at $5 a month, with no card-free route", "TypeScript only", "Two models to learn while 0.x and 1.0 overlap until 31 December 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Derive the sandbox ID from the authenticated user, as the docs advise. IDs aren't secrets", "Put API keys in an outbound handler in the Worker, not in the container's environment", "Set `enableInternet = false` or an `allowedHosts` list before running untrusted code. Internet access is on by default", "Check that a restored backup has every directory you expect. Backups of 10 MB or more have open bugs", "Start new projects on 1.0. The 0.x library only gets fixes until 31 December 2026" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 87, "schema": 77, "security": 65, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "install": "npm create cloudflare@latest -- my-sandbox --template=cloudflare/sandbox-sdk/examples/minimal" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sandbox.code", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk" }, "sameCompany": [ "cloudflare-web-search", "cloudflare-mcp", "cloudflare-r2", "cloudflare-clef" ], "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Container CPU", "unit": "vcpu-hour", "usd": 0.072, "note": "$0.000020 a vCPU-second of CPU used, after 375 vCPU-minutes a month" }, { "item": "Workers Paid plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "Minimum charge" }, { "item": "Egress, North America and Europe", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.025, "note": "After 1 TB a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.", "domain": "cloudflare.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-02-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/", "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "changelog": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/?product=sandbox", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The self-serve subscription agreement (updated 12 September 2025) names Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco.", "There's no vendor endpoint to check. Sandboxes are reached through a Worker on your own route or workers.dev subdomain.", "security.txt lists HackerOne and a disclosure policy, but we didn't see an Expires field.", "The GitHub README still says the SDK is in active development and APIs may change before v1.0, while npm has 1.0.0 (published 2026-09-30) and the changelog announces 1.0. The GitHub releases page showed 0.12.4 (21 July 2026) as its newest release when checked." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk.json", "live": { "slug": "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:52.667891792Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cloudflare/sandbox-sdk", "version": "@cloudflare/sandbox@1.0.0", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:05:58.738938125Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cloudflare/sandbox", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:05:55.495012518Z" } ], "githubStars": 1147, "npmWeekly": 801244, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:03.720889469Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/sandbox/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:17.587280212Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cloudflare.com", "registered": "2009-02-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/cloudflare.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:22.743038628Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/?product=sandbox", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:34.044619169Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:34.044619169Z", "fingerprint": "cd28bcd1f0d9" }, { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:38.095408277Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:07:26.756927967Z", "fingerprint": "f742d2e03f78" }, { "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:46.027175456Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:46.027175456Z", "fingerprint": "209295c7da6d" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:52.667891792Z" } }, "answer": "Microsoft Execution Containers scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Sandbox SDK's 67.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "microsoft-execution-containers", "name": "Microsoft Execution Containers", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/mxc", "kind": "sdk", "category": "code-sandboxes", "summary": "Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) is an open-source SDK for running untrusted code in a local sandbox on Windows, Linux and macOS. An application embeds it through Node.js, .NET or Rust and sets filesystem, network and UI policy for each run.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-execution-containers", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/mxc", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/mxc-sdk" }, { "registry": "nuget", "name": "Microsoft.Mxc.Sdk" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account, key or sign-in. MXC is a library the host application loads in its own process, so it holds no credential of its own. The workload runs with whatever the request grants. Network egress, ingress and host loopback resolve to `deny` when omitted, and filesystem access is limited to the `readonlyPaths` and `readwritePaths` the caller lists. On Windows the `isolation_session` backend creates a separate agent user account for each container and returns its name and SID.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free. The SDKs and native runtime are MIT and install from npm, NuGet and crates.io with no account or card. There is no hosted service and nothing to buy. Compute is the owner's own machine. The Windows backends need Windows 11 at the builds listed in the repository (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs or the SDK source. Local open-source software with no paid endpoint (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1506, "npmWeekly": 471674, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/mxc/blob/main/docs/api-reference/README.md", "capabilities": [ "sandbox.code", "sandbox.fs", "sandbox.persist" ], "tags": [ "sdk", "open-source", "local", "free", "no-auth", "no-card", "typescript", "dotnet", "rust", "windows", "linux", "macos", "json-schema", "new-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 34, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 60, "reliability": 81, "schema": 81, "security": 69, "transparency": 83 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MXC puts nine operating-system sandbox backends behind one typed request, with network access denied by default and a JSON Schema for the stable 1.0.0 contract. Version 1.0.0 is two days old as of 8 October 2026. Enforcement varies by backend, and `isolation_session` cannot restrict networking at all.", "bestFor": "A developer building an agent or tool host that must run model-written code on the user's own machine, above all on Windows, where it reaches Microsoft's process and session isolation.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, with SDKs for Node.js, .NET and Rust all at 1.0.0 and the native runtime bundled in the npm and NuGet packages", "Egress, ingress and host loopback default to `deny`, and filesystem access is limited to listed read-only and read-write paths", "A draft-07 JSON Schema for the stable 1.0.0 request, with descriptions on 135 of 150 properties", "Errors carry one of 12 typed codes plus an optional remediation, and `validate*` calls dry-run a request without creating a container", "Telemetry is opt-in, Windows-only and gated on user consent and an administrative policy that can only block it" ], "weaknesses": [ "1.0.0 shipped on 6 October 2026, and the Node changelog still lists the V1 changes under Unreleased", "Enforcement differs by backend. `isolation_session` cannot restrict networking, and proxy routing is cooperative on Seatbelt and WSLC", "Persistent containers exist only for `isolation_session` and `wslc`, both on Windows", "On Windows the Node SDK runs a PATH-resolved `whoami` at import, reported on 24 September 2026 and still open", "The npm package is 37.7 MB compressed, needs Node.js 24 or later, and carries no `repository` field or provenance attestation" ], "agentNotes": [ "Import from `@microsoft/mxc-sdk/v1`. The package root exports nothing.", "Call `getPlatformSupport()` first and stop if `isSupported` is false. `getAvailableBackends()` is advisory and launch-time validation still applies.", "Set `network.egress.default` to `allow` only when the task needs it. Omitted network policy resolves to deny in every direction.", "Never pass `--audit` to an executor for untrusted code. It turns off all sandbox security for the workload.", "Read `ExecutionResult.warnings` after each run. 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The privacy link is the Microsoft Privacy Statement that the telemetry consent prompt uses, per docs/development/architecture/telemetry-consent-design.md.", "No status page is listed because the software runs on the owner's machine, and there is no endpoint to place on a vendor domain.", "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/mxc/ returned 404 on 8 October 2026, so the repository is the only documentation found." ], "score": 79 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.json", "live": { "slug": "microsoft-execution-containers", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "microsoft/mxc", "version": "v1.0.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:44.186904887Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/mxc-sdk", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:42.947200785Z" } ], "githubStars": 1580, "npmWeekly": 471674, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:08.216544687Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=521839", "kind": "privacy", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:40.027295892Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:40.027295892Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "SDK + MCP", "b": "SDK + MCP", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cloudflare", "b": "Microsoft", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-12", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.1k stars, 723k npm/wk", "b": "1.5k stars, 472k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Microsoft Execution Containers scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Sandbox SDK's 67.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare Sandbox SDK or Microsoft Execution Containers?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK is open source (Apache-2.0). Microsoft Execution Containers is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Cloudflare Sandbox SDK and Microsoft Execution Containers open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 87 against 81" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents already built on Workers and Durable Objects that want sandboxes in the same account with credential injection at the edge.", "slug": "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "watchFor": "No hosted API. You deploy and secure a Worker before an agent can call anything, and the starter has no auth" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 63", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 70", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 70" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A developer building an agent or tool host that must run model-written code on the user's own machine, above all on Windows, where it reaches Microsoft's process and session isolation.", "slug": "microsoft-execution-containers", "watchFor": "1.0.0 shipped on 6 October 2026, and the Node changelog still lists the V1 changes under Unreleased" } ], "job": { "capability": "sandbox.code", "name": "Sandbox code" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blaxel-sandboxes-vs-cloudflare-sandbox-sdk.json", "title": "Blaxel Sandboxes vs Cloudflare Sandbox SDK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blaxel-sandboxes-vs-cloudflare-sandbox-sdk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blaxel-sandboxes-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json", "title": "Blaxel Sandboxes vs Microsoft Execution Containers", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blaxel-sandboxes-vs-microsoft-execution-containers" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-daytona.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs Daytona", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-daytona" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-e2b.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs E2B", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-e2b" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-modal-sandboxes.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs Modal Sandboxes", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-modal-sandboxes" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-morph-cloud.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs Morph Cloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-morph-cloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-runloop.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs Runloop Devboxes", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-runloop" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-vercel-sandbox.json", "title": "Cloudflare Sandbox SDK vs Vercel Sandbox", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-vercel-sandbox" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/daytona-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json", "title": "Daytona vs Microsoft Execution Containers", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/daytona-vs-microsoft-execution-containers" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/e2b-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json", "title": "E2B vs Microsoft Execution Containers", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/e2b-vs-microsoft-execution-containers" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-modal-sandboxes.json", "title": "Microsoft Execution Containers vs Modal Sandboxes", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-modal-sandboxes" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-morph-cloud.json", "title": "Microsoft Execution Containers vs Morph Cloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-morph-cloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-runloop.json", "title": "Microsoft Execution Containers vs Runloop Devboxes", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-runloop" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-vercel-sandbox.json", "title": "Microsoft Execution Containers vs Vercel Sandbox", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-execution-containers-vs-vercel-sandbox" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent37-vs-cloudflare-sandbox-sdk.json", "title": "Agent 37 Cloud vs Cloudflare Sandbox SDK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent37-vs-cloudflare-sandbox-sdk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent37-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json", "title": "Agent 37 Cloud vs Microsoft Execution Containers", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent37-vs-microsoft-execution-containers" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 6, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 87, "edge": "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk", "key": "reliability", "microsoft-execution-containers": 81, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 77, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "schema", "microsoft-execution-containers": 81, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 63, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "ergonomics", "microsoft-execution-containers": 74, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 65, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "security", "microsoft-execution-containers": 69, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 30, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "payments", "microsoft-execution-containers": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 22, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 70, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "maintenance", "microsoft-execution-containers": 92, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk": 70, "edge": "microsoft-execution-containers", "key": "transparency", "microsoft-execution-containers": 83, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Microsoft Execution Containers scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Sandbox SDK's 67.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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Enforcement varies by backend, and `isolation_session` cannot restrict networking at all." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.min.md" }, "markdown": "Microsoft Execution Containers scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Sandbox SDK's 67.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK leads on reliability. Both do sandbox code.\n\n- Cloudflare Sandbox SDK: grade B, 67.5/100, rank #191 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk.json\n- Microsoft Execution Containers: grade BB, 76.3/100, rank #34 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-execution-containers.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cloudflare Sandbox SDK (B)\n\nGood for: Agents already built on Workers and Durable Objects that want sandboxes in the same account with credential injection at the edge.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 87 against 81\n\nWatch for: No hosted API. You deploy and secure a Worker before an agent can call anything, and the starter has no auth\n\n### Microsoft Execution Containers (BB)\n\nGood for: A developer building an agent or tool host that must run model-written code on the user's own machine, above all on Windows, where it reaches Microsoft's process and session isolation.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 63\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 70\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 70\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: 1.0.0 shipped on 6 October 2026, and the Node changelog still lists the V1 changes under Unreleased\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare Sandbox SDK | Microsoft Execution Containers | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 87 | 81 | Cloudflare Sandbox SDK +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 81 | Microsoft Execution Containers +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 74 | Microsoft Execution Containers +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 69 | Microsoft Execution Containers +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | Microsoft Execution Containers +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 92 | Microsoft Execution Containers +22 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 83 | Microsoft Execution Containers +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.5 · B** | **76.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare Sandbox SDK | Microsoft Execution Containers |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 1.1k stars, 723k npm/wk | 1.5k stars, 472k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare Sandbox SDK.** Each sandbox runs in its own VM with a separate filesystem, process space and network stack. No hosted API. You deploy and secure a Worker before an agent can call anything, and the starter has no auth.\n\n**Microsoft Execution Containers.** MXC puts nine operating-system sandbox backends behind one typed request, with network access denied by default and a JSON Schema for the stable 1.0.0 contract. Version 1.0.0 is two days old as of 8 October 2026. Enforcement varies by backend, and `isolation_session` cannot restrict networking at all.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare Sandbox SDK\n\n1. Derive the sandbox ID from the authenticated user, as the docs advise. IDs aren't secrets\n2. Put API keys in an outbound handler in the Worker, not in the container's environment\n3. Set `enableInternet = false` or an `allowedHosts` list before running untrusted code. Internet access is on by default\n4. Check that a restored backup has every directory you expect. Backups of 10 MB or more have open bugs\n5. Start new projects on 1.0. The 0.x library only gets fixes until 31 December 2026\n\n### Microsoft Execution Containers\n\n1. Import from `@microsoft/mxc-sdk/v1`. The package root exports nothing.\n2. Call `getPlatformSupport()` first and stop if `isSupported` is false. `getAvailableBackends()` is advisory and launch-time validation still applies.\n3. Set `network.egress.default` to `allow` only when the task needs it. Omitted network policy resolves to deny in every direction.\n4. Never pass `--audit` to an executor for untrusted code. It turns off all sandbox security for the workload.\n5. Read `ExecutionResult.warnings` after each run. Security warnings arrive there and are not written to stdout or stderr.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cloudflare Sandbox SDK or Microsoft Execution Containers?\n\nMicrosoft Execution Containers scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Sandbox SDK's 67.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK leads on reliability.\n\n### Are Cloudflare Sandbox SDK and Microsoft Execution Containers open source?\n\nYes. Cloudflare Sandbox SDK is open source (Apache-2.0). Microsoft Execution Containers is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-sandbox-sdk-vs-microsoft-execution-containers.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cloudflare-sandbox-sdk\", \"b\": \"microsoft-execution-containers\"}`. 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