# Freestyle vs Runloop Devboxes (slim)

> Runloop Devboxes scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Freestyle's 58.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do sandbox code. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Runloop Devboxes scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Freestyle's 58.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do sandbox code.

- Freestyle: C 58.5, rank #520 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freestyle.min.md
- Runloop Devboxes: B 64.8, rank #305 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runloop.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.
- Runloop Devboxes, good for Running and grading coding agents on full workstations with prebuilt blueprints and credential gateways. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 43; Security & auth, 60 against 53; Payments & pricing, 50 against 45; Maintenance & community, 83 against 71; Transparency & trust, 49 against 41.

| Category | Freestyle | Runloop Devboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 41 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Freestyle | Runloop Devboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Freestyle Cloud Inc. | Runloop |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.freestyle.sh/v5` | `https://api.runloop.ai` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service with no published terms of service found. The `freestyle` SDK and CLI package on npm is MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-09-08 |
| 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 | 72k npm/wk | 34 stars, 23k npm/wk, 136k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |