BoxLite Cloud vs Daytona

BoxLite Cloud costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. BoxLite Cloud runs microVMs. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

BoxLite Cloud

Hosted microVM boxes for AI agents, with an SDK.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $100 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site BoxLite Cloud profile

Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

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

Visit site Daytona profile

What is different

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

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BoxLite Cloud

Daytona

RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; Daytona: $200 credit
Largest sandbox: BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB; Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM; Daytona: Container
Snapshots: BoxLite Cloud: No; Daytona:
SDKs: BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

BoxLite Clouddocs.boxlite.ai/cloud/pricingdocs.boxlite.ai

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0504; Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: BoxLite Cloud: $0.0144; Daytona: $0.0162
Storage: BoxLite Cloud: $0.00018 per GiB-hour; Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier: BoxLite Cloud: $100 credit; Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from: BoxLite Cloud: Pay as you go; Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing: BoxLite Cloud: Per second; Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; Daytona: No limit
Idle stop: BoxLite Cloud: After 15 minutes; Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: BoxLite Cloud: 4 vCPU · 32 GiB; Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: BoxLite Cloud: Up to 1,000; Daytona: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: BoxLite Cloud: MicroVM; Daytona: Container
GPU: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; Daytona:
Snapshots: BoxLite Cloud: No; Daytona:
Pause and resume: BoxLite Cloud:; Daytona:

Developer

SDKs: BoxLite Cloud: Python, JavaScript, Go; Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: BoxLite Cloud: Claude Code; Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: BoxLite Cloud: Apache-2.0; Daytona: Not listed
BYOC: BoxLite Cloud: Not listed; Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

BoxLite Cloud

Daytona

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.079; Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.158; Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: BoxLite Cloud: $0.317; Daytona: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxLite Cloud fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the lower list price: $0.158 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.
You need snapshots.

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