# DeltaBox Lite vs E2B (slim)

> E2B scores 68.3 (B) to DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D) for sandbox fs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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E2B scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeltaBox Lite leads on payments & pricing. Both do sandbox fs.

- DeltaBox Lite: D 52.3, rank #825 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deltabox-lite.min.md
- E2B: B 68.3, rank #241 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/e2b.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 Payments & pricing, 60 against 50. Also No key needed to call it.
- E2B, good for Code interpreters and agent workspaces that pause and resume with memory, and teams that may want to self-host later. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 37; Schema & documentation, 92 against 68; Security & auth, 62 against 47; Maintenance & community, 88 against 43; Transparency & trust, 68 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | DeltaBox Lite | E2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 37 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 92 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeltaBox Lite | E2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | DeltaBox (delta-box) | E2B |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.e2b.app` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2024-12-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2024-04-08 |
| 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 | 13k stars, 2.2M npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |