CreateOS Sandbox vs Daytona

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Daytona
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Daytona: $200 credit
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Daytona: Container
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Daytona:
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Daytona: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Daytona: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Daytona: $200 credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Daytona: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Daytona: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Daytona: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Daytona: Container
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Daytona:
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Daytona:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Daytona:

Developer

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

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Daytona: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Daytona: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Daytona
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Daytona: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Daytona: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Daytona: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 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 need HIPAA and GDPR.

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