Sandboxie Plus Alternatives

Sandboxie Plus is described as 'Creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Sandboxie Plus for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, F-Droid and Mac apps. The best Sandboxie Plus alternative is Firejail, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sandboxie Plus are Shelter, SHADE Sandbox, Cuckoo Sandbox and Windows Sandbox.

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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 Mac, Android, Linux and Windows. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Sandboxie Plus.
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  1. Firejail icon
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    Firejail is a SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.

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  2. Shelter icon
     68 likes

    Shelter is a Free and Open-Source (FOSS) app that leverages the “Work Profile” feature of Android to provide an isolated space that you can install or clone apps into.

    14 Shelter alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  3. SHADE Sandbox icon
     17 likes

    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...

    13 SHADE Sandbox alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  4. Cuckoo Sandbox icon
     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...

    35 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  5. Windows Sandbox icon
     24 likes

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

    59 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  6. Shadow Defender icon
     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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  7. Island icon
     20 likes

    Sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data.

    21 Island alternatives

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    • Android
     
  8. ANY.RUN icon
     19 likes

    ANY.RUN is interactive sandbox simplifies malware analysis of threats that target both Windows and Linux systems. ANY.RUN's threat intelligence products, TI Lookup, Yara Search and Feeds, help you find IOCs or files to learn more about the threats and respond to incidents faster.

    38 ANY.RUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  9. Sandboxie icon
     5 likes

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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. ReHIPS icon
     4 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
     
  11. Bubblewrap icon
     3 likes

    Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

    19 Bubblewrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. BufferZone icon
     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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