# SPACE vs Sprites (slim)

> Sprites scores 58.3 (C) to SPACE's 56.2 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Sprites scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against SPACE's 56.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SPACE leads on security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do code sandboxes.

- SPACE: C 56.2, rank #683 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.min.md
- Sprites: C 58.3, rank #625 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprites.min.md
- SPACE, good for Teams that want E2B-style microVM sandboxes on their own Linux and Kubernetes hosts, with egress and credential control outside the guest. Ahead on Security & auth, 64 against 59; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Transparency & trust, 68 against 59. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Sprites, good for Agents that need a long-lived machine with installed tools and files kept between sessions, and rollback by checkpoint. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 32; Maintenance & community, 80 against 26.

| Category | SPACE | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 26 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SPACE | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Perplexity | Fly.io |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Fly.io Terms of Service. The JavaScript, Go, Python and Elixir SDKs are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-24 |
| 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 | 158k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |