# DeltaBox Lite vs Together Code Sandbox (slim)

> Together Code Sandbox scores 53.6 (D) to DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D) for sandbox fs. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Together Code Sandbox scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeltaBox Lite leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do sandbox fs.

- DeltaBox Lite: D 52.3, rank #825 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deltabox-lite.min.md
- Together Code Sandbox: D 53.6, rank #781 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-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 Reliability, 37 against 25; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Together Code Sandbox, good for Teams already buying from Together, and former CodeSandbox SDK users, who want Docker-defined sandboxes with disk and memory snapshots from Python or TypeScript. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 68; Maintenance & community, 83 against 43; Transparency & trust, 60 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | DeltaBox Lite | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 37 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 43 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeltaBox Lite | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | DeltaBox (delta-box) | Together AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.bartender.codesandbox.io` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Together's terms of service. The SDKs, CLI and OpenAPI documents on GitHub are MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| 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 |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 3 stars, 1.3k npm/wk, 3.4k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |