A guide to choosing where to run
Code & AI agent sandboxes
Compare code sandboxes by isolation boundary, environment lifetime and assessed capabilities before choosing where an agent runs code.
What to check before choosing
Start with the code you need to contain. Running untrusted commands calls for checking the documented isolation boundary, network controls and access to secrets. A sandbox label alone is not a security guarantee; the atlas records the boundary a product describes rather than ranking its security.
Then check the execution lifecycle: supported languages, setup time, session limits, filesystem persistence and how outputs leave the environment. An interactive agent loop and a short batch job can need very different lifetimes and interfaces.
This list includes every product classified as sandbox, not just products with verified agent-harness integrations. It excludes products classified as persistent environments and pure substrate libraries. Check each profile for evidence of the specific harness and capabilities you need; use the full atlas to explore other product types.
Products in this category
- Sandbox · Not disclosedOpen source tool—
Agent Safehouse
macOS-native sandboxing for local agents. Move fast, break nothing.
- Sandbox · Kata / gVisorOpen source tool—
Agent Sandbox
agent-sandbox enables easy management of isolated, stateful, singleton workloads, ideal for use cases like AI agent runtimes and reinforcement learning (RL).
Sandbox · Kata / gVisorOpen source tool—Agent Substrate
A secure-by-default agent execution runtime engineered to run millions of sandboxes with 10x higher density than standard container runtimes.
Sandbox · Kata / gVisorHosted—Agent37
Host any agent harness.
Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—AgentNest
The open-source runtime for secure AI agent execution. Disposable, policy-controlled environments for Python, shell, files, packages, browsers, GPUs, and Git work — self-hosted, Python-first, and deliberately not another cloud or cluster orchestrator.
Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—Anthropic Sandbox Runtime (srt)
A lightweight sandboxing tool for enforcing filesystem and network restrictions on arbitrary processes at the OS level, without requiring a container.
Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted—AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Isolated sandboxes. Near-instant launch and resume. Full lifecycle control.
- Sandbox · Kata / gVisorOpen source tool—
AX (Agent Executor)
Declare an agentic task. AX runs it at scale.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen source tool—
Bastion
Self-hosted virtual machines for background coding agents.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen source tool—
bhatti
Your metal. Machines on demand.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted—
Blaxel Sandboxes
Give a computer to your agent
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted$20/mo per seat
Boat
Persistent Linux VMs for AI agents with SSH, Docker, and fast fork.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen source tool—
Brig
The microVM sandbox for AI coding agents.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted$20/mo
Browserbase
Give your agents access to the whole web.
Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen core—Celesto AI
Give your agents a Real Computer
- Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted$5/mo
Cloudflare Sandboxes
Run untrusted code in isolated environments.
- Sandbox · Kata / gVisorOpen source tool—
Cube Sandbox (CubeSandbox)
Instant, Concurrent, Secure & Lightweight Sandbox Service for AI Agents
Sandbox · ContainerHosted—Daytona
Secure Infrastructure for Running AI-Generated Code
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted$0.07/h
Docker Sandboxes
Run agents safely, local to cloud. — Run Claude Code, Codex, and your other agents at full speed in MicroVM environments. Local or cloud. One CLI.
- Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—
Drop
Linux sandboxing that doesn't get in your way
Sandbox · Firecracker microVMOpen core$150/moE2B
Every agent gets a machine
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted—
Fast VM
Sandboxing infrastructure for AI — virtual machines that boot in 70ms, zero-downtime snapshots, native branching, 50-90% compute savings
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted$50/mo
Freestyle
Full Linux VMs for AI Agents — Built for complex tasks that run for hours, days, or weeks.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen source tool—
Gondolin
Local Linux micro-VMs with programmable network and filesystem control.
Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted$100/moInstaVM
Instant computers for AI agents
- Sandbox · Virtual machineHosted$0.04/h
Isorun
Sandboxes in milliseconds.
Sandbox · ContainerOpen core€27/moJudge0
Robust, fast, scalable, and sandboxed open-source online code execution system for humans and AI.
- Sandbox · Not disclosedOpen source tool—
Lifo
A tiny Linux-like OS in TypeScript, for browsers, Node and serverless functions.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen core$49/mo
microsandbox
A computer for anything, anywhere. Open-source microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.
Sandbox · Not disclosedOpen source tool—nono
Ephemeral micro sandboxes for AI agents, with zero setup and zero latency.
- Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—
NVIDIA OpenShell
The safe, private runtime for fleets of autonomous AI agents.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen core$20/mo
OpenComputer
The platform for long-running agents. Define an agent like a serverless function. Choose your model. We handle the runtime.
- Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—
OpenSandbox
Secure, Fast, and Extensible Sandbox runtime for AI agents.
- Sandbox · Firecracker microVMOpen core$20/mo
PandaStack
The cloud for AI agents.
Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen source tool—Range
Use a remote environment before downloading it.
- Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted—
Runtime
Linux sandboxes for AI agents
- Sandbox · Not disclosedHosted—
Runtime Cloud
The AI agent harness for payment teams
Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—sandbox-run
Run commands in a native Linux namespace sandbox
Sandbox · ContainerOpen source tool—sandboxd (formerly sandboxed)
Open-source, self-hosted AI app builder.
- Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted$25/mo per seat
SlicerVM (Slicer)
Real Linux, in milliseconds — full Linux microVMs with systemd on your Mac, your servers, or your cloud.
- Sandbox · Virtual machineOpen core$20/mo
smolvm
Branchable microVMs for AI agents.
Sandbox · ContainerHosted$128/moSuperconductor
The multiplayer AI workspace for teams and coding agents
- Sandbox · Kata / gVisorHosted—
Tencent Cloud Agent Runtime (Agent Sandbox / AGS)
A new-generation infrastructure platform built around the agent-native execution paradigm — runtime, sandbox, tools, gateway, memory and observability for agents ('用系统的确定性来收敛 Agent 的不确定性').
Sandbox · Firecracker microVMHosted$20/mo per seatVercel Sandbox
The safest way to run code you didn’t write
Sandbox · Firecracker microVMOpen source tool—vmsan
Firecracker made simple. Spin up secure microVMs in milliseconds, from install to interactive shell in one command — full lifecycle management, network isolation, Docker image support, and shell access (no SSH).
- Sandbox · Firecracker microVMOpen core—
Zeroboot
Sub-millisecond VM sandboxes for AI agents via copy-on-write forking