Best agent sandboxes for enterprise and BYOC
For enterprise and BYOC deployments, our top picks are E2B, AWS Bedrock AgentCore and Daytona. We weight BYOC and VPC options, compliance attestations, data residency and governance.
What enterprise and BYOC deployments need from a sandbox
Enterprises typically need code and data to stay within their own cloud boundary, plus audit evidence:
- BYOC or in-account deployment, or a hyperscaler-native service.
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAAs, ISO 27001.
- Network integration: VPC peering, private endpoints, egress policy.
- Governance: SSO, audit logs, quotas.
Best agent sandboxes for enterprise and BYOC, ranked
E2B
Open-source cloud sandboxes for AI agents, each a Firecracker microVM, with pause/resume, snapshots and forking.
- Firecracker microVM
- Open source
- Self-hostable
- BYOC
- Pause/resume
Why it’s here: Enterprise BYOC on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure with SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA BAA on request, plus an open codebase for review.
AWS Bedrock AgentCore
AWS’s managed agent platform: a Code Interpreter tool for running agent-generated code and a Runtime that hosts each agent session in its own microVM.
- MicroVM (Runtime)
Why it’s here: Runs natively in your AWS account context with IAM, VPC and HIPAA eligibility across 15 regions.
Daytona
Stateful sandboxes for AI-generated code — Linux containers, Linux and Windows VMs, macOS and GPU sandboxes — with snapshots, volumes and preview URLs.
- Containers or VMs
- BYOC
- GPU
- Pause/resume
Why it’s here: BYOC on your own runner nodes with SSO, audit logs and stated SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance.
Northflank Sandboxes
Sandboxes on Northflank’s Kubernetes-based platform — microVMs for CPU work, gVisor for GPUs — on Northflank’s cloud or in your own cloud account.
- Cloud Hypervisor microVM
- BYOC
- GPU
- Pause/resume
Why it’s here: BYOC on AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle or bare metal with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and ISO 27001 — weigh the October 2026 incident.
Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions
Azure service that hands out Hyper-V-isolated sessions from prewarmed pools, either as a built-in code interpreter or running your own container image.
- Hyper-V VM
Why it’s here: Hyper-V isolation inside your Azure subscription with egress off by default.
Modal Sandboxes
Sandboxes on Modal’s serverless compute platform for running untrusted code at very high scale, with GPUs, snapshots and tunnels.
- gVisor or VM
- GPU
- Pause/resume
Why it’s here: SOC 2 on all plans and HIPAA on Enterprise, for teams comfortable with a hosted platform.
Side by side
| Sandbox | Isolation | Open source | Self-host / BYOC | Cold start (vendor) | Max session | Snapshots / pause | GPU | SDKs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2B | Firecracker microVM | Yes | Yes / Yes | Not documented | 1 h / 24 h (Pro) | Yes / Yes | No | Python, JavaScript/TypeScript |
| AWS Bedrock AgentCore | MicroVM (Runtime) | No | No / No | Not documented | Up to 8 h | Not documented / Not documented | No | Python (AgentCore SDK), AWS SDKs, AWS CLI |
| Daytona | Containers or VMs | No | Not documented / Yes | <90 ms | Unlimited | Yes / Yes | Yes | Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java |
| Northflank Sandboxes | Cloud Hypervisor microVM | No | No / Yes | <1 s | Unlimited | Not documented / Yes | Yes | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python |
| Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions | Hyper-V VM | No | No / No | Sub-second (pooled) | 220 s / exec | No / No | No | REST API, Azure CLI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel |
| Modal Sandboxes | gVisor or VM | No | No / Not documented | <1 s | Up to 24 h | Yes / Yes | Yes | Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go |
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Cite this page
Agent Sandboxes. (2026). Best agent sandboxes for enterprise and BYOC. agentsandboxes.org. Last reviewed November 8, 2026. https://agentsandboxes.org/best/enterprise/
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