# Maritime vs Modal Sandboxes (slim)

> Maritime and Modal Sandboxes score within a point of each other for code sandboxes, 66.5 and 65.9 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Maritime and Modal Sandboxes score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.5 (B) and 65.9 (B). Modal Sandboxes leads on reliability, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do code sandboxes.

- Maritime: B 66.5, rank #318 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/maritime.min.md
- Modal Sandboxes: B 65.9, rank #343 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal-sandboxes.min.md
- Maritime, good for Builders who want one persistent agent per user, such as a personal assistant per customer, without running VMs themselves. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 79; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 67; Payments & pricing, 55 against 20. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.3 out of 5.
- Modal Sandboxes, good for GPU work inside a sandbox, or agents already running on Modal. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 45; Security & auth, 79 against 58; Maintenance & community, 93 against 81; Transparency & trust, 77 against 58.

| Category | Maritime | Modal Sandboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Maritime | Modal Sandboxes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Maritime AI, Inc. | Modal |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.maritime.sh/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |  |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed hosted service under Maritime's Terms of Service (Maritime AI, Inc.), last updated 17 May 2026. The TypeScript and Python SDKs are MIT-licensed. | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 9 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-05-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2023-05-17 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 514 stars, 941k npm/wk, 10.1M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (8) |