# Sandbox0 vs Vercel Sandbox (slim)

> Vercel Sandbox scores 73.5 (BB) to Sandbox0's 55.1 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vercel Sandbox scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Sandbox0's 55.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do code sandboxes.

- Sandbox0: C 55.1, rank #764 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbox0.min.md
- Vercel Sandbox: BB 73.5, rank #94 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.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. Also Free to start without a card.
- Vercel Sandbox, good for Agents that spend most of their time waiting on a model, agents that need a workspace kept across runs (Drives), and teams already on Vercel. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 38; Schema & documentation, 88 against 77; Security & auth, 86 against 58; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Maintenance & community, 82 against 76; Transparency & trust, 78 against 48. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Sandbox0 | Vercel Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Sandbox0 | Vercel Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) | Vercel |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.sandbox0.ai` | `https://api.vercel.com/v1/sandboxes` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 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 | 88 stars, 268 npm/wk, 82 PyPI/wk | 168 stars, 6.5M npm/wk, 462k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |