# SPACE vs Vercel Sandbox (slim)

> Vercel Sandbox scores 69.6 (B) to SPACE's 56.2 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vercel Sandbox scores 69.6 (B) on agent readiness against SPACE's 56.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SPACE leads on payments & pricing. Both do code sandboxes.

- SPACE: C 56.2, rank #683 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.min.md
- Vercel Sandbox: B 69.6, rank #187 of 1098 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.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 Payments & pricing, 60 against 40. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Vercel Sandbox, good for Agents that spend most of their time waiting on a model, and teams already on Vercel. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 32; Security & auth, 80 against 64; Maintenance & community, 80 against 26; Transparency & trust, 75 against 68. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | SPACE | Vercel Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 26 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | SPACE | Vercel Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Perplexity | Vercel |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.vercel.com/v1/sandboxes` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| 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 |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 168 stars, 6.5M npm/wk, 462k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |