ANY.RUN

Overview

ANY.RUN is a cloud-based malware analysis and threat intelligence platform for security teams. It suits analysts who need to inspect suspicious files or links while interacting with the sample’s virtual machine, rather than relying only on a static report. The Community plan makes it possible to start free, but its short analysis window and small file cap make it a limited fit for demanding investigations.

Analysts can submit a file or URL and examine behavior, indicators of compromise, tactics and techniques, and detection rules triggered during analysis. The browser-based sandbox allows real-time interaction with its virtual machine. ANY.RUN says machines start in under 10 seconds and reports are ready in 40 seconds; those stated speeds may matter to teams triaging samples quickly.

ANY.RUN says its threat intelligence draws on data from millions of sandbox investigations into live malware and phishing threats. The company dates the product idea to 2016, names Aleksey Lapshin as its founder, and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Key features

• Interactive analysis: Analysts can interact with a running sample in the browser-based virtual machine. That makes the sandbox useful for observing behavior that depends on actions inside the environment.
• Investigation output: Analysis can surface IOCs, tactics and techniques, and triggered detection rules. This gives security teams several kinds of evidence to review in one workflow.
• Environment options: The sandbox supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android analysis, with availability varying by plan. The Community plan includes Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Android 14 64-bit (ARM), and Ubuntu 22.04.2 64-bit.
• Integrations and formats: Connectors include Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, OpenCTI, SentinelOne, Splunk, Cortex XSOAR, and IBM QRadar. API and SDK access, plus STIX/MISP support for integrations, give teams routes to connect analysis with existing security workflows.
• Security and access: ANY.RUN states that it has SOC 2 Type II compliance and supports SAML 2.0 single sign-on and configurable multi-factor authentication, features relevant to organizations managing analyst access.

Pricing

ANY.RUN uses a freemium model, with a free plan and a 14-day free trial advertised for SOC teams to try products with premium features. The Community plan is 0.00 USD per free, billed forever. It includes a 60-second VM timeout and a 16 MB maximum input file size. That is a useful no-cost starting point, but the brief runtime and file cap can rule it out for larger samples or investigations that need longer observation.

Hunter has custom pricing, billed yearly at an individual price. It provides 70% of sandbox functionality, a 660-second VM timeout, a 100 MB maximum file size, and private analyses. It is the step up for individuals who need substantially more runtime, larger samples, or privacy, while accepting that it does not include the full sandbox feature set.

Enterprise Suite also has custom pricing, billed yearly at an individual price. It includes 100% of sandbox functionality, a 1,200-second VM timeout, 1,500+ API tasks per month, premium support, and private analyses. That package is aimed at teams needing full functionality, API capacity, and support. The Enterprise Suite is presented for SMBs, enterprise companies, MSSPs, and government agencies. The advertised 14-day trial gives SOC teams a way to evaluate premium features before choosing a plan.

Platforms

ANY.RUN is a cloud deployment accessed through the web, with analysis environments spanning Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android subject to plan availability. Its platform coverage also includes API access and Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. The gap between broad platform coverage and plan-specific sandbox environments is worth checking against the systems a team needs to analyze.

Who it's for

ANY.RUN is best suited to security analysts and teams that need interactive malware or phishing investigation, threat-intelligence context, and connections to established security products. Its longer timeouts, private analyses, and API allowance make paid tiers more appropriate for regular operational use. The Community plan is better for trying the workflow or handling small, short analyses than for teams with larger files or longer-running samples.

For technical support, ANY.RUN gives the address [email protected]; sales, demo, and trial inquiries go to [email protected].

Pros and cons

• Pro: Real-time VM interaction adds behavioral context beyond simply submitting a file or link and receiving a report.
• Pro: Analysis can bring together IOCs, tactics, techniques, and detection rules, while integrations and API/SDK access support security workflows.
• Pro: The free plan is billed forever at 0.00 USD per free, and the 14-day trial offers SOC teams a premium-feature evaluation period.
• Con: Community limits analysis to a 60-second VM timeout and 16 MB files, which constrains longer investigations and larger samples.
• Con: Hunter offers only 70% of sandbox functionality, so moving beyond Community does not automatically mean full feature access.
• Con: Hunter and Enterprise Suite use custom pricing, billed yearly at an individual price, so their costs require a quote.

Alternatives

• Retrace is a reasonable alternative for users who want a free Community tier with unlimited public analyses, a standard execution queue, a web interface, and basic report export.
• Hatching Triage may suit organizations that need volume-based licensing, with packages starting at 500 analyses per day and scaling toward 50,000 per day, plus bespoke enterprise volumes.
• Malwagon is worth considering for a tightly limited free scan: three scans per source address per day, Windows 10 22H2, no internet egress, and public reports.
• CAPE Sandbox fits readers seeking free, open-source software with a self-hosted setup rather than a cloud deployment.
• Hybrid Analysis offers a free community service with 30 file uploads per month and a 100 MB maximum upload size.
• Detonate is another freemium option for web and Linux.
• ReversingLabs Cloud Sandbox may fit users who want a feature preview capped at five sample uploads per day, with full access available at additional cost.
• Bitdefender Total Security is a paid alternative with a free plan and trial, covering Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows; its Total Security Individual plan is 59.99 USD per year (billed First year price; plus applicable sales tax; 5 devices · 1 account).

For broader comparisons, see Malware Analysis Sandboxes and Sandbox Software.

Verdict

Choose ANY.RUN if your security work benefits from interactive sample analysis, threat-intelligence context, and integrations with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or QRadar. The main reason to look elsewhere is the mismatch between Community’s 60-second, 16 MB limits and more demanding analysis needs, compounded by custom pricing on the yearly paid plans. For teams that can use the longer timeouts and private analysis, it is a focused option; for light or occasional use, start with Community or compare alternatives with different free-tier limits.