Beam Sandboxes vs Daytona

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

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What is different

3 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Beam Sandboxes

Daytona

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Daytona: $0.0162
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java

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Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; Daytona: No limit
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; Daytona: Container
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; Daytona:
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; Daytona:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; Daytona:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Daytona: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

Daytona

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; Daytona: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need HIPAA, ISO 27001 and GDPR.

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