# Freestyle vs Offscreen (slim)

> Offscreen scores 62.9 (B) to Freestyle's 58.5 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Offscreen scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Freestyle's 58.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Freestyle leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do code sandboxes.

- Freestyle: C 58.5, rank #635 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freestyle.min.md
- Offscreen: B 62.9, rank #456 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/offscreen.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 67; Maintenance & community, 71 against 66. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Offscreen, good for A coding agent working on a macOS or iOS app on the developer's own Apple silicon Mac, which needs to run UI tests, the Simulator or the built app without taking the screen. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 69; Security & auth, 62 against 53; Payments & pricing, 60 against 45; Transparency & trust, 56 against 41. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Freestyle | Offscreen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 41 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Freestyle | Offscreen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Freestyle Cloud Inc. | Mark Phelps |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.freestyle.sh/v5` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service with no published terms of service found. The `freestyle` SDK and CLI package on npm is MIT | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-16 |
| Popularity | 72k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |