What is self-hosted sandbox?
Answer in brief
Running sandbox infrastructure on servers or clusters you operate, typically using open-source software.
Self-hosted sandbox in agent sandboxes
Self-hosting gives full control over data, cost and network policy at the price of operating it yourself — including nested virtualization or bare-metal hosts if you want microVM isolation. Open-source options include the E2B and Daytona codebases, Kubernetes agent-sandbox, Kata Containers and gVisor.
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Agent Sandboxes. (2026). What is self-hosted sandbox?. agentsandboxes.org. Last reviewed November 8, 2026. https://agentsandboxes.org/glossary/self-hosted-sandbox/
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