# DeltaBox Lite vs Deno Sandbox (slim)

> DeltaBox Lite scores 52.3 (D) to Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D) for sandbox fs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeltaBox Lite scores 52.3 (D) on agent readiness against Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Deno Sandbox leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do sandbox fs.

- DeltaBox Lite: D 52.3, rank #825 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deltabox-lite.min.md
- Deno Sandbox: D 50.3, rank #873 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deno-sandbox.min.md
- DeltaBox Lite, good for A developer who wants a local coding agent's file edits held as a reviewable transaction on Linux or macOS, with commit or abort per task or per tool call. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 67 against 60; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Deno Sandbox, good for Short runs of untrusted or generated code that need outside API keys kept out of reach, and teams already on Deno Deploy who want to promote a sandbox to an app. Ahead on Reliability, 48 against 37; Security & auth, 61 against 47; Transparency & trust, 58 against 40.

| Category | DeltaBox Lite | Deno Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 37 | 48 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeltaBox Lite | Deno Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | DeltaBox (delta-box) | Deno Land Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Deno Deploy terms and conditions. The `@deno/sandbox` and `deno-sandbox` SDKs are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-07-22 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-30 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 6 stars, 2k npm/wk, 32k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |