codesandbox.io free tier includes Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser Sandboxes, 5 members… Not verified — we could not read the page we cite for this offer.
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Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date April 2026. Last updated 2026-09-07.
We have not been able to confirm this offer since 2026-04-20 — more than 180 days. Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser Sandboxes, 5 members… We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
The day we last read the vendor's page. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish. We tried again on 2026-11-12 and did not read the page, so that attempt confirmed nothing.
Free Tier Details
Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser Sandboxes, 5 members. Since 2026-09-07 the Free plan includes no VM credits: new accounts get 0 free credits, so VM Sandboxes need a paid plan (Pro includes 1,000 credits, 100 hours, a month); free balances from before were not set to 0 at once. SDK lite capped at 10 concurrent VM Sandboxes, 20 new Sandboxes/hour, 1,000 hourly API requests. Real-time collaboration, GitHub integration, instant previews
On September 7, 2026, CodeSandbox stopped including VM credits in its Free plan: new accounts get no free credits, so VM Sandboxes need a paid plan. Free balances from before were not cleared at once, and paid plans kept their credits. Source ↗
Before: The Free plan included 400 VM credits a month (up to 40 hours of VM Sandboxes), refreshed each billing cycle.
After: "Free workspaces no longer include monthly credits"; new accounts get no free credits, and existing free balances are not cleared at once. Pro keeps 1,000 credits (100 hours) a month. (codesandbox/codesandbox-client pull request 8907, merged 2026-09-07)
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We have not been able to confirm this offer since 2026-04-20 — more than 180 days. We cannot confirm that today. We could not read the page we cite for codesandbox.io when we last looked, on 2026-11-12. Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser Sandboxes, 5 members. Since 2026-09-07 the Free plan includes no VM credits: new accounts get 0 free credits, so VM Sandboxes need a paid plan (Pro includes 1,000 credits... We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
What is codesandbox.io's free tier?
We cannot confirm that today. We could not read the page we cite for codesandbox.io when we last looked, on 2026-11-12. Our stored record calls codesandbox.io's free tier "Free". Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser Sandboxes, 5 members. Since 2026-09-07 the Free plan includes no VM credits: new accounts get 0 free credits, so VM Sandboxes need a paid plan (Pro includes 1,000 credits, 100 hours, a month); free balances from before were not set to 0 at once. SDK lite capped at 10 concurrent VM Sandboxes, 20 new Sandboxes/hour, 1,000 hourly API requests. Real-time collaboration, GitHub integration, instant previews. We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
Is codesandbox.io's free tier reliable?
We cannot say. We could not read the page we cite for codesandbox.io when we last looked, on 2026-11-12. Nothing we have read describes these terms, so we are not publishing a stability judgement for this vendor until that is fixed.
Is codesandbox.io's free tier good for production?
We have not been able to confirm this offer since 2026-04-20 — more than 180 days. We could not read the page we cite for codesandbox.io when we last looked, on 2026-11-12. We cannot confirm what this offer provides today, so we are not recommending it for production or for anything else until we can.
What changed in codesandbox.io's pricing?
codesandbox.io has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: On September 7, 2026, CodeSandbox stopped including VM credits in its Free plan: new accounts get no free credits, so VM Sandboxes need a paid plan. Free balances from before were not cleared at once, and paid plans kept their credits. Source: https://github.com/codesandbox/codesandbox-client/pull/8907 (2026-09-07).
What category is codesandbox.io in?
codesandbox.io is categorized under IDE & Code Editors on AgentDeals.