Daytona vs Declaw

Daytona and Declaw charge the same list price: $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and $0.0162 per GiB-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Daytona
Declaw
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
Daytona: No limit
Declaw: 72 hours
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Declaw: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Declaw: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Declaw: 72 hours
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Declaw: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Declaw: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.

Declaw fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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