Cloudflare Sandbox vs Daytona

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Daytona
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Daytona: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Daytona: Container
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Daytona: Container
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona:
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Daytona:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Daytona
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Daytona: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • 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 $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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