E2B has no ongoing free tier; what it offers is a credit grant that runs out. Cloud sandboxes for AI agents: isolated Linux machines that run generated code and shell commands… Verified November 2026. Compare with 5 alternatives in AI / ML.

E2B Free Credits 2026

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Subtypes in AI / ML: agent_sandbox — isolated execution environments provisioned programmatically for code an agent writes. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://e2b.dev/pricing, where it says: “We charge per second of a running sandbox” How we use this.

Limits, pricing history, and 5 alternatives. Verified November 2026. Last updated 2026-11-09.

E2B has no ongoing free tier; what it offers is a credit grant that runs out: Cloud sandboxes for AI agents: isolated Linux machines that run generated code and shell commands, work with files and… We rate it stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. Best for ai / ml workloads — 5 alternatives available.

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Cloud sandboxes for AI agents: isolated Linux machines that run generated code and shell commands, work with files and reach the internet. The Hobby plan has no monthly fee and a one-time $100 usage credit, with no credit card needed to start. When the credit runs out, the account is blocked until a payment method is added. Hobby allows 20 concurrent sandboxes and up to 1 hour of continuous runtime per sandbox. Running sandboxes are billed per second for CPU and RAM. Pro is $150/month plus usage.

We read that on 2026-11-09 from https://e2b.dev/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names E2B as "e2b" and states "$100" and "$150".

From e2b.dev/pricing, read 2026-11-09:

Hobby FREE /$100 in credits (+usage costs) See our cost calculator $100 one-time usage credit Sessions up to 1 hour 20 concurrent sandboxes 20 concurrent sandboxes The maximum number of sandboxes that can run at the same time. Default sandbox CPU and RAM

When E2B's Free Credits Run Out

When credits run out or expire, you must pay for further use.
At that point, the 5 alternatives in AI / ML are each listed with the free tier they offer, so you can compare what they give you against what you have outgrown.

Pricing Change History (1 recorded)

reduced discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown high impact

Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-27). Retracted 2026-09-27: E2B's free terms did not change. Its pricing page offered a one-time $100 usage credit, sandbox sessions of up to 1 hour and up to 20 concurrent sandboxes in the Internet Archive's captures of 2024-11-09, 2026-08-02 and 2026-09-03. The "100 sandbox hours/month" this record compared against was our own listing's text, not an E2B term. Source ↗

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Alternatives in AI / ML

How E2B compares against every one of the 5 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.

Service	Free Tier	Stability
E2B	Free Credits	stable
Modal	Free Serverless platform for running CPU and GPU workloads. The Starter plan has no monthly fee and includes $30 of compute per month (GPU, CPU and memory), 3 workspace seats, 100 containers and 10 GPU concurrency.	caution
Blaxel	Free Credits Sandboxes and runtime for AI agents, priced on usage with no plan fee. New accounts get up to $200 in free credits; Blaxel does not say whether they renew, and its terms say unused service credits expire one year after they are issued unless otherwise specified.	stable
Daytona	Free Credits Sandboxes for running AI-generated code, priced pay as you go. New accounts get $200 in free compute on a free trial that needs no credit card; Daytona does not say whether the credit expires or renews, and it does not cover GPU sandboxes.	stable
Runloop	Free Credits Devboxes: secure micro-VM environments for building and running AI agents. New accounts get $50 in usage credits with Pro features and no credit card; usage draws the credit down until it is gone, and nothing is charged automatically when it ends.	stable
Novita Sandbox	Free Credits Sandboxes for AI agents from Novita AI, billed per second for CPU and RAM while a sandbox runs. New users who complete an account setup survey get $100 in promotional credits for Novita Sandbox usage, with no credit card; the credits expire, and Novita does not state after how long.	stable

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date: 2026-11-14
query_key: alternatives:AI / ML:E2B
seed: 7937b162a436498b3459f233386bd4080e2ed80bedc979a615222c886e199520
tie_count: 1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is E2B free?

No. What E2B offers is a credit grant that runs out: Cloud sandboxes for AI agents: isolated Linux machines that run generated code and shell commands, work with files and reach the internet. The Hobby plan has no monthly fee and a one-time $100 usage c...

Is E2B's free offer reliable?

E2B's free offer is considered stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. See the pricing history below.

Is E2B's free offer good for production?

Not for long. It is a credit grant that runs out, so plan for paid usage before you depend on it.

What changed in E2B's pricing?

The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn.

What are the best free alternatives to E2B?

We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 5 free alternatives to E2B in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 1 carries no recorded demerit, 4 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.

What category is E2B in?

E2B is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 5 other AI / ML services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.