The sandbox market needs a definition

As dozens of companies rebrand as sandbox providers, the underlying distinction between real isolated execution environments and adjacent tooling matters for buyers

The sandbox market has become so noisy that someone needs to define what a sandbox actually is. When we started, nobody was talking about sandboxes. Now, 40-odd companies are calling themselves sandbox providers/claiming to be in the space
Ranked #28 on backlist 2026-06-10 (10 Jun 2026 UTC) · by (Ivan Burazin) ·

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