Blaxel vs Daytona

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Blaxel

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Credit of up to $200
Max session
No limit

Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Blaxel
Daytona
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Daytona: $200 credit
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Daytona: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Daytona: Container
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Daytona: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Daytona: Container
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Daytona:
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Daytona:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Daytona:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Daytona: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Daytona
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Daytona: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2.

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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