# DeltaBox Lite vs Modal Sandboxes (slim)

> Modal Sandboxes scores 65.9 (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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Modal Sandboxes scores 65.9 (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
- Modal Sandboxes: B 65.9, rank #335 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal-sandboxes.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 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Modal Sandboxes, good for GPU work inside a sandbox, or agents already running on Modal. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 37; Schema & documentation, 79 against 68; Security & auth, 79 against 47; Maintenance & community, 93 against 43; Transparency & trust, 77 against 40. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5.

| Category | DeltaBox Lite | Modal Sandboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 37 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeltaBox Lite | Modal Sandboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeltaBox (delta-box) | Modal |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2023-05-17 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 514 stars, 941k npm/wk, 10.1M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (8) |