Provider research

The sandbox market,
mapped to one interface.

We continuously compare official provider documentation against a common capability model. Integration labels show exactly how ArenAPI can connect today.

39 providers researched 20 normalized capabilities 24 built-in adapters
Built in

Maintained directly in the ArenAPI application.

Driver ready

Connects through the published standard driver contract.

Catalog

Specialized runtime that does not expose the complete shell contract.

Catalog updated July 19, 2026

Every provider we found

Capabilities reflect documented provider features. A built-in adapter starts with the portable lifecycle, command, file, and archive operations.

D

Docker

self hosted
built in

Direct Docker Engine adapter. Best for controlled development and dedicated worker pools.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +2
R

Runloop

managed sandbox
built in

Native adapter uses the Devbox Hypertext Transfer Protocol interface.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming templates +9
T

Tensorlake

managed sandbox
built in

Native adapter supports lifecycle, commands, files, and archives. Extended capabilities are discoverable.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +11
E

E2B

managed sandbox
built in

Memory persistence, templates, commands, files, and secure network controls.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming templates +8
D

Daytona

managed sandbox
built in

Container and virtual machine sandboxes with snapshots, volumes, and a toolbox interface.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +10
M

Modal

managed sandbox
driver

Container and virtual machine sandboxes with rich resource and networking controls.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +9
V

Vercel Sandbox

managed sandbox
built in

Firecracker environments for code generation, previews, and untrusted execution.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming snapshots +3
B

Blaxel

managed sandbox
built in

Fast virtual machines with standby state, process management, ports, and volumes.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +10
S

Sprites

managed sandbox
built in

Stateful computers with checkpoints, services, network policy, ports, and a complete programming interface.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming snapshots +5
I

InstaVM

managed sandbox
built in

Fast Firecracker virtual machines with sessions, configurable egress, resources, and volumes.

lifecycle commands files archives persistent volumes network policy resources +1
B

Beam Sandboxes

managed sandbox
built in

Stateful cloud sandboxes for agents, processes, files, ports, persistent storage, and graphics processors.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images templates +6
C

Cloudflare Sandbox

managed sandbox
built in

Worker-integrated containers plus an official bridge for language-neutral access.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +5
C

CodeSandbox

managed sandbox
driver

Development-focused virtual machines with cloning, hibernation, and live previews.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +6
U

Upstash Box

managed sandbox
built in

Durable agent computers with shells, filesystems, pause, and snapshots.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes templates snapshots +4
H

HopX

managed sandbox
built in

General sandboxes with templates, file operations, previews, and desktop automation.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming templates +6
D

Declaw

managed sandbox
built in

Secure agent runtime available as a managed service or self-hosted deployment.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images templates +2
N

Namespace Devboxes

managed sandbox
built in

Developer computers designed for agents, builds, tests, and remote access.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images snapshots +4
N

Northflank Sandboxes

managed sandbox
driver

Managed or customer-cloud sandboxes built on Northflank workload primitives.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images persistent volumes +7
F

Fly Machines

cloud runtime
driver

Low-level fast-launching machines. The driver owns command and file transport.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images persistent volumes +7
K

Kubernetes Agent Sandbox

self hosted
driver

A Kubernetes Special Interest Group project that defines declarative sandbox resources.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images templates +10
O

OpenSandbox

self hosted
built in

Open source control plane, protocol, and runtimes for Docker, Kubernetes, code, browsers, and desktops.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes streaming custom images +9
N

NVIDIA OpenShell

self hosted
driver

Policy-governed private runtime for autonomous agents with filesystem and network controls.

lifecycle commands files archives custom images network policy secrets +1
M

Microsandbox

self hosted
driver

Embedded, rootless virtual machine runtime with language libraries and protected secret substitution.

lifecycle commands files archives custom images templates network policy +3
A

AIO Sandbox

self hosted
driver

All-in-one Docker environment combining a browser, shell, files, code editor, notebooks, and desktop access.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images ports +3
S

Sandbox0

self hosted
built in

Open source durable agent sessions with workspaces, network policy, credential injection, and orchestration.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes custom images snapshots +6
Z

Zeroboot

self hosted
driver

Open source Firecracker virtual machine forking from copy-on-write snapshots.

lifecycle commands files archives custom images snapshots resources +1
G

Google Cloud Run sandboxes

cloud runtime
driver

In-process sandbox command available to Cloud Run workloads. Currently a preview service.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes network policy resources +1
D

Deno Subhosting

cloud runtime
catalog

JavaScript and TypeScript isolate deployments for customer-authored code.

lifecycle commands files background processes ports regions metadata
e

exe.dev

cloud runtime
driver

Persistent virtual machines with secure shell and Hypertext Transfer Protocol programming interfaces.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes persistent volumes ports +2
M

Morph Devboxes

managed sandbox
built in

Programmable development computers with branching and optional remote desktops.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes templates snapshots +5
A

Agent Sandbox

managed sandbox
built in

Session-oriented hosted environments with code execution and file transfer.

lifecycle commands files archives background processes templates snapshots +4
A

Archil

managed sandbox
built in

Data-local execution with a shared high-performance filesystem.

lifecycle commands files archives persistent volumes regions resources +1
A

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter

code interpreter
catalog

Managed code interpreter sessions rather than general-purpose shell sandboxes.

lifecycle commands files network policy secrets metadata
A

Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions

code interpreter
built in

Hyper-V isolated interpreter sessions with code and file endpoints.

lifecycle commands files resources metadata
B

Browserbase

browser
catalog

Managed browser sessions and web automation rather than general-purpose shell sandboxes.

lifecycle browser files network policy regions metadata
Portable vocabulary

Ask for outcomes, not provider products.

archives
Export the workspace as a compressed archive
background processes
Start and manage long-running processes
browser
Control a browser environment
commands
Run shell commands and receive standard output, standard error, and an exit code
custom images
Boot from a custom Open Container Initiative image
desktop
Control a graphical desktop
files
Read and write arbitrary files
gpu
Request a graphics processing unit
lifecycle
Create, inspect, and destroy an isolated environment
metadata
Attach searchable labels or metadata
network policy
Restrict outbound or inbound network access
pause resume
Pause and resume the same environment
persistent volumes
Attach storage that outlives one sandbox
ports
Expose a service running inside the sandbox
regions
Choose a geographic execution region
resources
Choose processor, memory, or disk allocations
secrets
Inject provider-managed secrets without placing values in the request
snapshots
Create a reusable filesystem or memory checkpoint
streaming
Stream command output while a process is running
templates
Boot from a reusable provider template or blueprint
Read the interface contract