Yes, PHPSandbox has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 10 notebooks, 5 minutes timeout for notebooks, and 1 GB storage per notebook. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $4.00/mo.
About
PHPSandbox is an online PHP sandbox and editor that lets developers create, run, and share PHP projects from the browser. It provides a permanent preview URL for each project, a Monaco-based editor, Composer integration, and support for importing public Composer projects from GitHub or exporting projects back to GitHub.
The free plan includes 10 notebooks, a 5 minute timeout per notebook, 1 GB storage per notebook, 1 GB memory per notebook, public repositories, and community support. It is aimed at developers who need a browser-based PHP environment for prototyping, package testing, documentation examples, and teaching.
- 10 notebooks free plan
- 5 minute notebook timeout
- 1 GB storage per notebook
- 1 GB memory per notebook
- Public repositories only
- Community support
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable starter offering: it lets a developer create and manage notebooks, keep them private, and capture email, but the paid plan adds priority support and the same notebook resource limits. Since the cheapest paid plan is $6/month and the free tier appears to deliver roughly two-thirds of that practical capability, its monthly value is about $4.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 10 notebooks
- 5 minutes timeout for notebooks
- 1 GB storage per notebook
- 1 GB memory per notebook
- Public repositories
- Community support
See PHPSandbox pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Personal Pro
- memory per notebook
- 4 GB
- storage per notebook
- 8 GB
- timeout per notebook
- 1 hour
- Create and manage your own notebooks
- Private repositories
- Private notebooks
- Email capture
- Priority support
Pricing extracted from PHPSandbox's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is PHPSandbox free forever?
Yes. PHPSandbox has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed PHPSandbox's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. PHPSandbox's cheapest paid plan is Personal Pro at $6 / month.
What is PHPSandbox's free tier worth?
PHPSandbox's free tier is worth about $4.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 18/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
