Sandboxie Plus Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Sandboxie Plus for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is SHADE Sandbox. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cuckoo Sandbox or Windows Sandbox. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sandboxie Plus and nine of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Sandboxie Plus are Shadow Defender, Sandboxie, ReHIPS and BufferZone.

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Sandboxie Plus alternatives are mainly Virtualization Tools, but if you're looking for Anti-Virus Apps or Anti-Malware Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Sandboxie Plus.
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  1. SHADE Sandbox icon

    SHADE Sandbox

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    SHADE Sandbox is an alternative for antivirus and a tool for virtualization. It locally virtualizes applications (i.e. internet browsers) and locks all incoming internet files and possible viruses in its safe virtual environment - a “sandbox”, keeping them isolated from the...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about SHADE Sandbox as an Alternative to Sandboxie Plus
    Guest
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    Costs $21.65 EACH year... which is WAY too much. And Sandboxie has countless positive reviews, which Shade lacks.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    You can't run multiple programs at once.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    It has best performance(cpu consumption) than Sandboxie but, the high security seems to be the best characteristic.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think SHADE Sandbox is a great Sandboxie Plus alternative.

    • SHADE Sandbox is the most popular Windows alternative to Sandboxie Plus.

    • SHADE Sandbox is the most popular commercial alternative to Sandboxie Plus.

    • SHADE Sandbox is Paid and ProprietarySandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Cuckoo Sandbox icon

    Cuckoo Sandbox

     26 likes

    Cuckoo Sandbox is a modular, automated malware analysis system. Running from command-line on a Linux or Mac host, it uses python and virtualization (VirtualBox, QEMU-KVM, etc) to create an isolated Windows guest environment to safely and automatically run and analyze files to...

    32 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    • Some users think Cuckoo Sandbox is a great Sandboxie Plus alternative, some don't.

    • Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Web-based & Mac alternative to Sandboxie Plus.

    • Cuckoo Sandbox is Free and Open SourceSandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Shadow Defender icon

    Shadow Defender

     30 likes

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business, or public environments without performance loss.

    13 Shadow Defender alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Shadow Defender as an Alternative to Sandboxie Plus
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    Positive
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    it is the first alternative in this list to sandboxie. because all others are either for Linux only or closed source. so the first VALUABLE or WORTHY alternative to sandboxie in my personal opinion is is this program. although sandboxie runs within user-space whereas Shadow Defender runs kernel-level. THX.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Shadow Defender is a great Sandboxie Plus alternative.

    • Shadow Defender is Paid and ProprietarySandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
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    Shadow Defender

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business,...

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    Windows Sandbox

     20 likes

    a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

    57 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Windows Sandbox as an Alternative to Sandboxie Plus
    Chaanakya
    Positive
    3

    Sandboxie - once a great program is now extremely buggy in the latest Windows 10. Windows Sandbox while it is a light VM just works out of the box and is meant to be used as a Sandbox.

    Soul Rain
    Negative
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    Windows Sandbox has way more requirements that make it unviable for a lot of users. From the official site: "Prerequisites for using the feature Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise Insider build 18305 or later AMD64 architecture Virtualization capabilities enabled in BIOS At least 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) At least 1 GB of free disk space (SSD recommended) At least 2 CPU cores (4 cores with hyperthreading recommended)"

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    you are not able to use you own original windows apps and software. Totally useless, one of those Microsoft control freak software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Windows Sandbox is a great Sandboxie Plus alternative, some don't.

    • Windows Sandbox is Free and ProprietarySandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
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    Sandboxie

     5 likes

    The original Sandboxie Plus (Classic) application, now open source and as Sandboxie-Plus.

    11 Sandboxie alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    ReHIPS

     3 likes

    Intrusion prevention system and a sandbox with AntiSpy features that provides unprecedented protection and ensures system stability and integrity.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    BufferZone

     7 likes

    BUFFERZONE is a patented containment solution that isolates threats to defend endpoints from malware, zero-days, ransomware, drive-bys and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about BufferZone as an Alternative to Sandboxie Plus
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    It is not for the common user for protection. As stated on their website, "BUFFERZONE is available to Enterprise companies only.". You must request a demo first.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Supported technology. restarted as an enterprise solution in 2015 and supports the latest W10 64bit and Windows 7 32/64.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think BufferZone is a great Sandboxie Plus alternative, some don't.

    • BufferZone is Paid and ProprietarySandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
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    WinJail

     1 like

    Sandboxing software for Windows OS WinJail is full implementation of chroot, with additional features like "copy-on-write" mechanism applied to chroot'ed files, additional registry based chroot, and more.

    WinJail has templates that can be applied for all applicatio.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Buster Sandbox Analyzer icon

    Buster Sandbox Analyzer

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    A tool that has been designed to analyze the behaviour of processes and the changes made to system and then evaluate if they are malware suspicious.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Buster Sandbox Analyzer as an Alternative to Sandboxie Plus
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Does not create a isolated environment - essentially just an AV

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Buster Sandbox Analyzer is Free and ProprietarySandboxie Plus is Freemium and Open Source
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