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Docker Sandboxes vs microsandbox

Docker Sandboxes

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microsandbox

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FigureDocker Sandboxesmicrosandbox
Price from—$49/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published24
Spec score · Sandbox Software6.3 (#20)8.2 (#8)

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Docker Sandboxes

  • Docker SandboxesPriced on request
  • Organization governancePriced on request

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microsandbox

  • FreeFree
  • Builder$49 a month
  • Teams$299 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Docker Sandboxes

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microsandbox

Microsandbox runs untrusted workloads inside microVMs, each with its own Linux kernel, filesystem, and network boundary rather than sharing the host kernel. It can run AI agents, user code, plugins, CI jobs, scrapers, and automation. The local runtime starts on a user's machine without a daemon, root service, or account; it can also run on personal servers or clusters, and its cloud platform can be deployed in the user's infrastructure. Microsandbox offers SDKs for TypeScript, Rust, Python, Go, and Ruby, plus a CLI and MCP workflows, and accepts OCI images from container registries. By default, sandboxes can reach the public internet, while private, host-local, link-local, and metadata destinations are blocked; egress can be allowlisted or disabled. The runtime is open source under Apache 2.0. The Free plan is $0 per month, while paid plans start at $49 per month. Microsandbox Cloud is in private beta and requires an access request.

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