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26 reviews tracked

The Bottom Line

Entry price

Free plan available, paid tiers above

Biggest pro

Instant environments

Biggest con

Free tier limited

TL;DR - CodeSandbox

  • CodeSandbox is an online IDE for creating and sharing web development projects instantly
  • It provides instant dev environments, live collaboration, and one-click deployment
  • Free tier available, Pro at $12/month for private sandboxes
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
4.5/5 across review platforms

What is CodeSandbox?

Editorial review
CodeSandbox is an instant development environment for web projects. Start coding in seconds without local setup. Collaborate in real-time like Google Docs for code. Branches for every pull request and issue. Native VS Code support with live collaboration. Development environments that spin up faster than you can type.

Available on: Web

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Instant environments
  • Great collaboration
  • GitHub integration

Cons

  • Free tier limited
  • Can be slow

Ratings Across the Web

4.5(26 reviews)

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Key Features

Dev environmentsBrowser-basedCollaborationGitHub syncTemplatesInstant

Pricing Plans

Free

Free

Personal

  • Unlimited sandboxes
  • Public projects
  • Live preview
Most Popular

Pro

$12/month

Annual

  • Private sandboxes
  • GitHub sync
  • Custom RAM

Reviews

4.5/5

Across 26 verified user reviews on G2, Capterra

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CodeSandbox FAQ

Is CodeSandbox free?

Yes, CodeSandbox has a free tier with limited VMs. Pro is $9/month.

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