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Move beyond CodeSandbox.

CodeSandbox is where you prototype. Qovery is where you ship - on your own cloud, governed.

The shift

From legacy platform management
to agentic Kubernetes.

CodeSandbox is excellent for prototyping in the browser and giving AI agents a fast dev sandbox. But prototypes have to become production software - with real databases, networking, compliance, and a deployment pipeline you control. Qovery is the agentic infrastructure platform that takes agents and teams from sandbox to production.

The CodeSandbox approach

Prototyping environment, not production infrastructure

CodeSandbox shines for quick browser-based dev and demos. It has no concept of a governed, multi-service production application running on infrastructure you own.

No real path to production

Your agent or team builds in CodeSandbox, then has to recreate everything - CI/CD, environments, hosting - somewhere else. The deployment story stops at the preview.

Runs on their cloud, not yours

CodeSandbox executes on managed infrastructure you do not control. For regulated industries and sensitive data, the lack of true BYOC is a blocker.

No enterprise governance for fleets of agents

No project-level RBAC, environment policies, deployment gates, or per-team cost controls. Governance is built for individual sandboxes, not an org running agents at scale.

The Qovery approach

Sandbox to production on one platform

Agents and developers build in isolated environments, then deploy through staging to production - same platform, same guardrails, same audit trail. No handoff, no gap.

Full multi-service environments

Deploy complete topologies: API + frontend + database + cache + workers. Each environment is a real clone of your production architecture.

Everything in your own cloud

Qovery runs in your AWS, GCP, or Azure account. Control plane, data plane, workloads, and data - all in your VPC. Full data sovereignty.

Governance built for fleets of agents

Project-level RBAC, environment policies, deployment approvals, per-team cost caps. Every agent action is governed, logged, and attributed via one API.

Detailed comparison

How they stack up.

A side-by-side look at what each platform delivers - including the AI capabilities that define modern infrastructure.

Qovery

CodeSandbox

Primary purpose

Full lifecycle: dev sandbox -> staging -> production.

Browser-based prototyping and dev sandboxes.

Deployment

Built-in CI/CD, preview environments, blue/green, canary.

Preview/share URLs. No production deployment pipeline.

Application model

Multi-service environments: apps + databases + caches + workers.

Project sandboxes, primarily front-end and Node workloads.

Managed databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB - managed or self-hosted.

No managed production databases.

Hosting model

Runs entirely in your cloud account (BYOC).

Managed cloud infrastructure you do not control.

Governance

Project/environment RBAC, deployment gates, cost controls.

Team/workspace roles. No deployment governance.

Agent interface

MCP Server, AI Skill, Terraform, REST API, CLI.

SDK and APIs for sandbox creation and execution.

Production hosting

Core purpose. Kubernetes-native, autoscaling, managed TLS.

Not a production hosting platform.

Compliance posture

SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, DORA - workloads in your VPC.

Sandbox-level; production compliance is your concern elsewhere.

Talk to an engineer

No lock-in

Qovery adapts to your stack,
not the other way around.

CodeSandbox is where ideas start. Qovery is where they become production software.

Keep prototyping fast

Use CodeSandbox for the quick spike. When it is time to make it real, Qovery provisions the databases, environments, and pipeline - on your cloud.

One API for the whole stack

Instead of stitching a prototyping tool to a separate CI/CD, database, and hosting stack, Qovery exposes the entire control plane through one governed API any MCP agent can call.

Governance that scales with agents

As you go from 1 agent to 100, Qovery's RBAC, cost controls, and audit trails scale with you. Every agent is scoped, every action is logged.

Frequently asked questions

Qovery vs CodeSandbox

What is the best alternative to CodeSandbox for production deployment?

Qovery is the production-grade complement and alternative to CodeSandbox. Where CodeSandbox is built for browser-based prototyping and dev sandboxes, Qovery provides full multi-service environments, managed databases, CI/CD, and a governed path to production - all on your own cloud.

Can CodeSandbox deploy applications to production?

CodeSandbox is designed for prototyping, sharing, and dev sandboxes rather than production hosting. It has no production CI/CD pipeline, no managed production databases, and runs on infrastructure you do not control. Qovery includes production deployment, managed databases, and BYOC hosting as core capabilities.

How does Qovery compare to CodeSandbox for AI coding agents?

CodeSandbox gives an AI agent a fast browser-based environment to write and preview code. Qovery gives the agent a full environment - databases, secrets, networking - plus a deployment pipeline to staging and production, governed by RBAC and audit logging. The agent builds, tests, and ships on one platform.

Does Qovery run in my own cloud like CodeSandbox?

Qovery runs entirely in your own AWS, GCP, or Azure account - control plane, data plane, and workloads in your VPC, which is essential for regulated industries. CodeSandbox runs on managed infrastructure you do not control; Qovery is fully BYOC for the whole application lifecycle.

Built for what's next

Prototyping is necessary. Shipping is the hard part.
Qovery is built for 2026.

Your AI agents and teams do not just need a place to spike an idea. They need environments with secrets, networking, databases, and audit trails - and a governed path from prototype to production. A prototyping sandbox solves the first mile. An agentic infrastructure platform solves the rest. Qovery provides the full stack, on your own cloud.

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