# Deno Sandbox vs SPACE (slim)

> SPACE scores 56.2 (C) to Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SPACE scores 56.2 (C) on agent readiness against Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Deno Sandbox leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do code sandboxes.

- Deno Sandbox: D 50.3, rank #841 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deno-sandbox.min.md
- SPACE: C 56.2, rank #683 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.min.md
- 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 32; Maintenance & community, 45 against 26.
- SPACE, good for Teams that want E2B-style microVM sandboxes on their own Linux and Kubernetes hosts, with egress and credential control outside the guest. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 75 against 66; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 60; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Transparency & trust, 68 against 58. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Deno Sandbox | SPACE |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 32 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 26 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Deno Sandbox | SPACE |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deno Land Inc. | Perplexity |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Deno Deploy terms and conditions. The `@deno/sandbox` and `deno-sandbox` SDKs are MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-07-22 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-30 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-30 | no document linked |
| 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 | 6 stars, 2k npm/wk, 32k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |