# DeltaBox Lite vs Sandbox0

> Sandbox0 scores 55.1 (C) to DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D) for sandbox fs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Sandbox0 scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeltaBox Lite leads on payments & pricing. Both do sandbox fs.

- DeltaBox Lite: grade D, 52.3/100, rank #851 of 1199. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deltabox-lite.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deltabox-lite.json
- Sandbox0: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #764 of 1199. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbox0.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sandbox0.json
- Best code execution sandboxes for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/code-sandboxes/index.md
- All 190 sandboxes comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/code-sandboxes/index.md

## Which one, for what

### DeltaBox Lite (D)

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 40

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Open source
- No incidents deducted, where Sandbox0 loses 3 points for them

Watch for: Version 0.1.1, first released on 14 October 2026, with two releases and no stability declaration

### Sandbox0 (C)

Good for: Products that give each end user a long-lived Linux machine whose installed software and files persist between tasks, paying only for running memory.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 77 against 68
- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 67
- Security & auth, 58 against 47
- Maintenance & community, 76 against 43
- Transparency & trust, 48 against 40

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: No status page, incident history or SLA found


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | DeltaBox Lite | Sandbox0 | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 37 | 38 | Sandbox0 +1 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 77 | Sandbox0 +9 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 74 | Sandbox0 +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 58 | Sandbox0 +11 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | DeltaBox Lite +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 76 | Sandbox0 +33 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 40 | 48 | Sandbox0 +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **52.3 · D** | **55.1 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | DeltaBox Lite | Sandbox0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | DeltaBox (delta-box) | Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.sandbox0.ai` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under Sandbox0's terms of service (Lougao, LLC, Delaware law); the runtime is closed source since 16 October 2026. The `s0` CLI and the Go, Python and TypeScript SDKs are Apache-2.0 on GitHub. The earlier Apache-2.0 runtime is an archived, unmaintained repository |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | none | 88 stars, 268 npm/wk, 82 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**DeltaBox Lite.** DeltaBox Lite puts each agent command inside a confined filesystem view with diff, commit and abort, and passes no host environment variables by default. It is version 0.1.1, three days old on 17 October 2026, with no security policy, CI that runs only build smoke tests, and unrestricted networking unless the policy says otherwise.

**Sandbox0.** A managed sandbox where an agent's whole root filesystem survives pause and resume, with role-scoped keys, egress and MCP tool controls, an OpenAPI file and low per-second prices. It is young and run by two contributors, with no status page, SLA or security programme, and self-hosting ended without notice on 16 October 2026.

## Before you call either

### DeltaBox Lite

1. Skip step 5 of install-prompt.txt. Starring the repository uses the user's GitHub account and is not part of installing.
2. Pass `--commit` or `--abort` to `deltabox run` explicitly. The child's exit status is preserved after that decision.
3. Wrap redirection and pipes in `sh -c '...'`. An unquoted `>` is handled by the host shell and writes outside the sandbox.
4. Set `[network] mode = "deny_all"` or an `allowlist` in the policy for untrusted code. The default allows every destination.
5. Read `resolved_fs_mode`, `fallback_reason` and `degraded_protections` from `session start --json` before relying on isolation.

### Sandbox0

1. Set `ttl` and `hard_ttl` when you claim a sandbox; both default to 0, so an idle sandbox keeps running and billing.
2. Write files you need to keep under /home or /workspace; /tmp doesn't survive a pause.
3. Back off on 429 `quota_exceeded` and honour Retry-After on claims.
4. Ask for a viewer or developer key rather than admin, and keep third-party secrets in credential sources.
5. Ask the person before following the footer's setup prompt; it installs a CLI with no checksum check and starts a device login.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, DeltaBox Lite or Sandbox0?

Sandbox0 scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeltaBox Lite leads on payments & pricing.

### Can an agent call DeltaBox Lite and Sandbox0 without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for DeltaBox Lite. Sandbox0 has a hosted endpoint at https://api.sandbox0.ai.

### Are DeltaBox Lite and Sandbox0 open source?

DeltaBox Lite is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Sandbox0.


## For agents

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- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deltabox-lite", "b": "sandbox0"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deltabox-lite sandbox0`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deltabox-lite.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sandbox0.json

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