When comparing Wireshark vs Sandboxie, the Slant community recommends Sandboxie for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Sandboxie is ranked 18th while Wireshark is ranked 39th. The most important reason people chose Sandboxie is:
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Npcap
The included WinPcap does not allow Loopback Packet Capture, but Npcap does.
This way it is easy to monitor SQL commands sent to a local database e.g. from PostgreSQL or NHibernate.
Pro Now free and open source
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
Pro Windows 10/11 Home does not include Sandbox
As that is limited to Pro, this is a great alternative.
Cons
Con Steep learning curve
Con USB monitoring
The experimental USB monitoring can lock up your PC.
Con Windows 10 has Windows Sandbox
Only relevant if using Pro edition of Windows.