--- title: Sandboxie Reviews meta\_title: 'Sandboxie Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 14 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Sandboxie works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 14 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Containerization url: https://www.g2.com/categories/containerization --- # Sandboxie Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Sandboxie but has limited features. Are you part of the Sandboxie team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/sandboxie/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Sandboxie uses isolation technology to separate programs from your underlying operating system preventing unwanted changes from happening to your personal data, programs and applications that rest safely on your hard drive. * * * Seller [Sandboxie](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sandboxie) Discussions [Sandboxie Community](https://www.g2.com/products/sandboxie/discuss) Overview by Justin Han Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Docker](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Docker") Docker 4.6/5(301) ](https://www.g2.com/products/docker-inc-docker/reviews) [ ![Red Hat Enterprise Linux](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Enterprise Linux") Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6/5(977) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) [ ![Ubuntu](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ubuntu") Ubuntu 4.5/5(2,399) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/sandboxie/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 14 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Ashish N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashish N.") AN Ashish N. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/4/2023 "Sandboxie: A Powerful Tool for Secure Application Development and Testing" 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Application Isolation: Sandboxie creates a virtual environment for applications, ensuring that any changes made within the sandbox do not affect the underlying system. This isolation prevents malware infections, system crashes, and conflicts between different applications. Secure Web Browsing: With Sandboxie, users can launch web browsers within the sandbox, offering protection against malicious websites, drive-by downloads, and other online threats. Any malware or suspicious activity that occurs while browsing remains contained within the sandbox, safeguarding the host system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? Limited OS Compatibility: Historically, Sandboxie has primarily been compatible with Windows operating systems, limiting its usefulness for users on macOS or Linux platforms. It's important to note that as of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, Sandboxie did not officially support these alternative platforms. Learning Curve: While Sandboxie's interface is user-friendly, understanding the nuances of sandbox configuration and managing specific settings may require some initial learning. This learning curve can be challenging for novice users or those unfamiliar with sandboxing concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? Application Testing: Sandboxie allows businesses to test new software or updates in a controlled environment, ensuring that any potential bugs or security vulnerabilities are identified without risking the stability of the production systems. Security Analysis: By sandboxing suspicious files, links, or attachments, businesses can analyze them for potential threats before deploying them across the organization. This reduces the risk of malware infections and helps maintain a secure network infrastructurel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ron B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ron B.") RB Ron B. Technical Sales Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/3/2021 "Keep Local Machine Safe" 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Great for downloading or running software without affecting the local machine. Lighter and easier to navigate relative to a virtual machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? It seems there are some optimization issues when trying to run Chromium-based browsers. Some software also cannot be both downloaded and run in the sandbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? Not allowing the local machine to be damaged. Finding obscure/old documents or articles on questionable archive sites without worrying about affecting the local machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/4/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jitendra R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jitendra R.") JR Jitendra R. Taxi Service in India, Cab in India, Cab service provider in India Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/16/2021 "Protection while surfing Internet" 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? This software protects me from unwanted sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? Having some bugs which make software work slow, Sometimes connection failed issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? No more spam and unwanted viruses on the computer, Fell safe to use this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lissa B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lissa B.") LB Lissa B. Director nacional de ventas Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/20/2019 "Sandboxie, program to have multiple accounts or a second instance open." 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Sandboxie is for me one of the software I use most in my work area because with it I can open a second application of the existing one, it allows for "multi-accounting" when required, basically it allows having a dual of each application. I use it for work purposes as it allows me to run the same program twice with different data, making them completely independent from each other without confusing the data. Additionally, with it, I check the speed of the system in question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? I have no complaints about this software except for a few things: if we have many tabs open or we open a third instance of the same application, it will hang, freeze, and bug out in the process. It is necessary to only run what we need and not have others open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Sandboxie: I can highly recommend Sandboxie if you wish to use it within your company or personally, as it allows us to solve any situation regarding having a double account of the same application. It is free and helps you reduce time/cost, and you don't need to have other software installed for its execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? It has greatly helped me to solve the problems I had in running programs independently. There are times when I needed to have a second application and account of the same, with this program I can do that for free and effectively, simply very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Ambar M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ambar M.") AM Ambar M. Asesor de tecnología de la información Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/18/2019 "Sandboxie, the application that allows you to open multiple instances of the same application." 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Sandboxie is for me one of the applications I use the most, it allows me to open another instance of the same application, I can have two accounts, or rather, two software open at the same time without interfering with the data of one and the other. I use it several times a day within my work area, and I also use it personally since I have certain accounts in video games for which it is very useful to have it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? The only bad thing about Sandboxie is that it lacks a menu that tells me how many windows I have open at the same time. It also only allows two instances to be open; a third would cause tremendous lag and even make the application close without warning. I think it could be improved in this aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Sandboxie: It is quite good software, it can help you reduce costs, all employees can use it in a safe and easy way, furthermore, it has high compatibility with all operating systems and programs, you will not have a problem with it, it meets my expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? It has greatly helped me solve the problems I have in my work area, it allows me to use several applications, it's something like a dual of the same, without the data clashing and interfering with each other. At home, I also use it a lot when using browsers or with video games that I have installed on my computer, it's simply a very useful software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Imam Al F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Imam Al F.") IF Imam Al F. Management Trainee Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/16/2019 "Mitigate the risk of harming your pc" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? The idea of sandboxie is simple. Use a harmful or experimental (beta) software in a controlled environment so that it can't harm your pc and it exactly does what it says without any flaw. It helps you betat test the software you are not sure of and there is a slight chance of any malware like trojan attack. It keeps you away from the thinking of getting harmed by any unwanted malware or else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? The interface can be a bit complex and challenging who are not pc geek. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Sandboxie: If you are unsure about the safety of a software and you feel like your pc can be vulnerable to attacks or malware by using that software you can use this software to be on the safe side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? Beta testing software that I'm not sure about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Bill R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bill R.") BR Bill R. Director of Information Technology Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/19/2019 "Excellent application" 5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? The ability to easily sandbox an application for testing purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? No dislikes so far. It works well and seamlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? I have had no issues so far. Hard to quantify benefits except assurance of security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting") AS Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/19/2019 "SANBOXIE" 4/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? I liked this a lot when i first started using it. it is fairly easy to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? There were some things i didnt exactly follow, there were a few things i had trouble navigating Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? it didnt end up solving the specific problem that our company had unfortunately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Sports](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Sports") US Verified User in Sports Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/28/2019 "The best solution for safely running untrusted programs" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Sandboxie is easy to install, easy to use and prevents a lot of trouble on the computer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? The program starts automatically, which may delay the start-up of the PC. However, automatic startup can be turned off in windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Sandboxie: great program to open untrusted websites and programs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? No more viruses and malware on the computer by running untrusted websites and programs in Sandboxie Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Haydn M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Haydn M.") HM Haydn M. IS Network Technician Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/28/2019 "Good sandboxing tool" 4/5 What do you like best about Sandboxie? Good sandboxing tool which can be used to test programs/links etc to make sure they are genuine. Very easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Sandboxie? Can sometimes be laggy or not responsive, more regularly than not Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Sandboxie solving and how is that benefiting you? ensuring the immediate security of our network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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