# E2B vs Freestyle (slim)

> E2B scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Freestyle's 58.5 (C), 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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E2B scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Freestyle's 58.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sandbox code.

- E2B: B 68.3, rank #207 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/e2b.min.md
- Freestyle: C 58.5, rank #520 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freestyle.min.md
- E2B, good for Code interpreters and agent workspaces that pause and resume with memory, and teams that may want to self-host later. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 43; Schema & documentation, 92 against 86; Security & auth, 62 against 53; Payments & pricing, 50 against 45; Maintenance & community, 88 against 71; Transparency & trust, 68 against 41. Also Open source.
- Freestyle, good for Suited to long-running agent work that needs a full Linux VM, memory-preserving pause, snapshots to branch from and private networking.

| Category | E2B | Freestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 88 | 71 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | E2B | Freestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | E2B | Freestyle Cloud Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.e2b.app` | `https://api.freestyle.sh/v5` |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service with no published terms of service found. The `freestyle` SDK and CLI package on npm is MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-27 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-12-04 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-04-08 | 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 | 13k stars, 2.2M npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk | 72k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |