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Sandboxer vs Scrapeless (Scraping Browser)

Scrapeless Scraping Browser is a CDP-compatible cloud browser for scraping, listing $0.09 per browser hour plus $1.80 per GB of residential proxy. Sandboxer is a different category: each sandbox is a full Ubuntu VM with root, Docker and nested KVM, not a browser instance. Pick Scrapeless for scraping at scale; pick Sandboxer for full sandboxes.

Checked against Scrapeless (Scraping Browser)'s public docs on October 24, 2026. Sources are linked in the table and listed below.

At a glance

Sandboxer and Scrapeless (Scraping Browser) compared
CapabilitySandboxerScrapeless (Scraping Browser)
IsolationmicroVM
Cloud Hypervisor, its own kernel
browser instance
Full Linux with root
Ubuntu 24.04, sudo, systemd
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Docker inside
Preinstalled
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Nested virtualization (/dev/kvm)
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Pause and resume with memory
Running processes come back
Fork a sandbox
Copy-on-write disk copy that boots fresh
No VM fork; browser sessions only
HTTPS URL per port
Private with a token, or public
Not offered; the product is a remote browser driven over CDP/API, not a general machine
Longest sessionNo limit on paid plans
Auto-stop is up to 30 days or off
BillingPer second, flat rate per size
Stopped sandboxes are free
per browser hour plus proxy GB
$0.09/browser hour, $1.80/GB residential proxy; CAPTCHA solving included
GPUs
No GPU machines described; browser sessions only
Self-host or open source
RegionsUS East (Virginia) and EU Central (Finland)12+ data centers; proxies in 195 countries

= not documented publicly.

Where Scrapeless (Scraping Browser) is strong

  • CAPTCHA solving included at no extra charge.
  • 70M+ residential IPs with city-level targeting.
  • Persistent encrypted cloud profiles, live view and replay.
  • Stated 99.9% uptime SLA and a native MCP server.

Where Sandboxer differs

  • Scrapeless offers browsers, not VMs with root, Docker or KVM.
  • Residential proxy bandwidth is billed per GB on top of browser time.
  • Sandboxer has no SLA during early access; Scrapeless states 99.9% on its page.

Pick Scrapeless (Scraping Browser) if

  • You scrape heavily protected sites and want proxies and CAPTCHA solving bundled.
  • You need many proxy geographies.
  • You want a stated uptime SLA.

Pick Sandboxer if

  • You need a full Ubuntu 24.04 VM with root, systemd, Docker and nested KVM rather than a browser only.
  • You want stop/resume that brings running processes back, and sandboxes that cost nothing while stopped.
  • You want coding agents (Claude Code, Codex and others) preinstalled and any port exposed as an HTTPS URL.

Sources

Products change. If something here is out of date, email hello@sandboxer.com and we'll fix it. Scrapeless (Scraping Browser) is a trademark of its owner. Sandboxer is an independent product and is not affiliated with Scrapeless (Scraping Browser).

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