# Offscreen vs Together Code Sandbox (slim)

> Offscreen scores 62.9 (B) to Together Code Sandbox's 53.6 (D) 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 Together Code Sandbox's 53.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Together Code Sandbox leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do code sandboxes.

- Offscreen: B 62.9, rank #456 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/offscreen.min.md
- Together Code Sandbox: D 53.6, rank #781 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.min.md
- 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 25; Security & auth, 62 against 47; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Together Code Sandbox, good for Teams already buying from Together, and former CodeSandbox SDK users, who want Docker-defined sandboxes with disk and memory snapshots from Python or TypeScript. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 67; Maintenance & community, 83 against 66. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Offscreen | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 66 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Offscreen | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Mark Phelps | Together AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.bartender.codesandbox.io` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Together's terms of service. The SDKs, CLI and OpenAPI documents on GitHub are MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-07 |
| 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 | none | 3 stars, 1.3k npm/wk, 3.4k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |