# Deno Sandbox vs Sprites (slim)

> Sprites scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sandbox code. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Sprites scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against Deno Sandbox's 50.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sandbox code.

- Deno Sandbox: D 50.3, rank #689 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deno-sandbox.min.md
- Sprites: C 58.3, rank #528 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprites.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.
- Sprites, good for Agents that need a long-lived machine with installed tools and files kept between sessions, and rollback by checkpoint. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 48; Schema & documentation, 74 against 66; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 60; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 45.

| Category | Deno Sandbox | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Deno Sandbox | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deno Land Inc. | Fly.io |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Deno Deploy terms and conditions. The `@deno/sandbox` and `deno-sandbox` SDKs are MIT | Proprietary service under the Fly.io Terms of Service. The JavaScript, Go, Python and Elixir SDKs are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-07-22 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-30 | 2026-04-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 6 stars, 2k npm/wk, 32k PyPI/wk | 158k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk |