# Sandbox0 vs Sprites (slim)

> Sprites scores 58.3 (C) to Sandbox0's 55.1 (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 Sandbox0's 55.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Sandbox0 leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do code sandboxes.

- Sandbox0: C 55.1, rank #764 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbox0.min.md
- Sprites: C 58.3, rank #663 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprites.min.md
- Sandbox0, good for Products that give each end user a long-lived Linux machine whose installed software and files persist between tasks, paying only for running memory. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 74 against 68; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- 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 38; Transparency & trust, 59 against 48.

| Category | Sandbox0 | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Sandbox0 | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) | Fly.io |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sandbox0.ai` | no (local only) |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Sandbox0's terms of service (Lougao, LLC, Delaware law); the runtime is closed source since 16 October 2026. The `s0` CLI and the Go, Python and TypeScript SDKs are Apache-2.0 on GitHub. The earlier Apache-2.0 runtime is an archived, unmaintained repository | Proprietary service under the Fly.io Terms of Service. The JavaScript, Go, Python and Elixir SDKs are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-04-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 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 | 88 stars, 268 npm/wk, 82 PyPI/wk | 158k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |