# Sandbox Studio > Sandbox Studio is a governed platform for self-service AWS sandbox accounts. It lets developers, researchers, students, partners, business teams and AI agents get their own isolated AWS accounts in minutes, with budgets, permissions, approvals and automatic cleanup applied by account templates. It installs into a governing account inside the customer's own AWS Organisation and is sold through AWS Marketplace. Key facts: - Runs in the customer's AWS Organisation: a governing account they own manages sandbox accounts in a dedicated organisational unit. Identities, data and guardrails stay with the customer. - Account templates define, per type of sandbox, the budget and its actions (alerts, lock, wipe), the IAM permissions users get, the lease length, who can request it and which managers approve it. - Accounts come from a reusable pool: when a lease ends the account is cleaned automatically and returned to the pool. - Sign-in uses the customer's choice of identity providers (for example Microsoft Entra ID, Okta or Google Workspace), including more than one at once. - Includes reporting, an audit trail, a REST API, webhooks and an MCP server for AI assistants. - Completed the AWS Foundational Technical Review (AWS Qualified Software). - Pricing: annual subscription per concurrent sandbox account through AWS Marketplace (Standard from US$1,195 per account per year; Student Edition US$95 for eligible teaching use). Licences are not tied to named users. 30-day free trial for up to 3 concurrent accounts. AWS usage is billed by AWS separately. - Company: Sandbox Studio Software Ltd. Contact: support@sandboxstudiosoftware.com. ## Product - [Platform overview](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/platform): capabilities, how it works, integrations and architecture - [Account templates](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/templates): how templates bundle cost controls and permissions, plus the template library - [Pricing](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/pricing): concurrent licensing, editions and pricing FAQs - [Get started](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/get-started): free trial, installation in your AWS account and prerequisites - [Interactive preview](https://preview.sandboxstudiosoftware.com): a mocked version of the app to click through - [Documentation](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com) and [installation guide](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/books/installation-guide) - [AWS Marketplace listing](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/procurement?productId=prod-xjbthpagboyka) ## Solutions - [AI Innovation](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/solutions/ai-innovation): Accelerate AI experimentation with governed AWS environments for teams and agents, combining access to services such as Bedrock and SageMaker with budgets, guardrails and automated lifecycle controls. - [Software Development and Testing](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/solutions/software-development-and-testing): Give engineers ready-to-use development, test and CI/CD environments on demand, while platform teams define the controls once and automate provisioning, governance and cleanup. - [Events and Enablement Programmes](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/solutions/events-and-enablement): Run hackathons, bootcamps and enablement programmes at scale with governed environments ready for every participant or team, while automating setup, budgets, scheduling and cleanup. - [Education, Research and Certification](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/solutions/education-research-certification): Provide students, researchers and candidates with real AWS environments for teaching, research and assessment, with the right tools, permissions, budgets and lifecycle controls for each use case. - [Demos, PoCs and Customer Trials](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/solutions/demos-pocs-and-trials): Give partners, sales engineers and customers ready-to-use AWS environments with your solution preconfigured, so demos and trials launch faster, run consistently and require less technical support. ## Customer stories - [PiP: From three weeks to under 12 hours.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/resources/customer-stories/pip) PiP used Sandbox Studio to launch a governed AI innovation programme, producing four prototypes and progressing two towards production. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Sandbox Studio? Sandbox Studio is a platform for giving people self-service AWS sandbox accounts safely. Developers, researchers, students, partners and business teams request an account from a catalogue of account templates; Sandbox Studio sets it up with the right permissions and budget, tracks it while it's in use, then cleans it and returns it to a pool when the lease ends. ### What is an AWS sandbox account? A sandbox account is a separate AWS account where someone can build and experiment without affecting production or other teams. Because it's a real, isolated AWS account, people get genuine AWS access, while budgets, permissions and an expiry date keep the risk and cost contained. ### Where does Sandbox Studio run? Inside your own AWS Organisation. It installs into a governing account you own, and sandbox accounts live in a dedicated organisational unit. Your identities, data and guardrails stay in your environment. Sandbox Studio has completed the AWS Foundational Technical Review. ### How does Sandbox Studio control AWS costs? Each account template sets a budget, alert thresholds and what happens when the budget is reached, such as locking or wiping the account. Users and managers are notified as spend grows, and every sandbox has a lease that ends automatically. ### What happens when a sandbox lease ends? The account's resources are removed automatically and the account goes back into the pool, ready for the next person. Nothing is left running or billing, and nobody has to clean up by hand. ### How do people sign in? With the identity providers you already use, such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta or Google Workspace. You can connect more than one, for example separate sign-ins for staff, students and partners. ### How is Sandbox Studio priced? Through AWS Marketplace, as an annual subscription per concurrent sandbox account rather than per named user. Licences are reused as accounts are recycled. There's a 30-day free trial for up to 3 concurrent accounts; AWS usage inside sandboxes is billed by AWS as normal. ### Who uses Sandbox Studio? Platform and cloud teams use it to give engineering, data and AI teams governed AWS access, and universities, training providers and AWS partners use it for courses, research, hackathons, workshops, demos and customer trials. ## Blog - [A national AI strategy doesn't come with a login.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/a-national-ai-strategy-doesnt-come-with-a-login): National AI ambition and shared platforms need an operational delivery layer to translate investment into adoption across departments. - [A research portal isn't a research platform.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/a-research-portal-isnt-a-research-platform): Research organisations need an integrated operating model connecting users, scientific workflows, data and infrastructure. - [Stop confusing AI training with AI capability.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/stop-confusing-ai-training-with-ai-capability): Practical AI skills require hands-on environments, not just training content. - [Your next AWS user won't be human.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/your-next-aws-user-wont-be-human): Autonomous AI agents will require governed access to cloud infrastructure. - [If innovation needs a support ticket, it isn't self-service.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/if-innovation-needs-a-support-ticket-it-isnt-self-service): Governance shouldn't create unnecessary operational friction. - [Your AI pilot will succeed. Your operating model won't.](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/your-ai-pilot-will-succeed-your-operating-model-wont): Scaling AI innovation requires repeatable infrastructure and operations, not just successful pilots. - [Sandbox Studio v1.2.0 is available now!](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/sandbox-studio-v1-2-0): Sandbox Studio 1.2.0 introduces powerful new integration capabilities including a comprehensive REST API, an MCP server for AI assistants, webhook support, advanced cleanup automation, and improved visibility into the lifecycle of sandbox accounts. - [Sandbox Studio v1.1.0 is available!](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/blog/sandbox-studio-v1-1-0-is-available): We're thrilled to announce Sandbox Studio 1.1.0. This release introduces a simpler way to assign AWS accounts to users at scale, along with a new "events" feature, prebuilt templates, improved visibility, and more flexibility and customisation options across the entire platform. ## Optional - [Company](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/company) - [Contact](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/contact) - [Book a demo](https://wwww.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/book-a-demo)