Daytona vs Deno Sandbox

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Daytona
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Daytona: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • 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.

Deno 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 SOC 2.

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