Daytona vs Docker Sandboxes

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

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

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Docker Sandboxes

Cloud microVM sandboxes for coding agents, run by Docker.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

Field

Daytona

Docker Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Docker Sandboxes: Included
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation: Daytona: Container; Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Docker Sandboxesdocker.com/products/docker-sandboxesdocker.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Daytona: No limit; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Daytona: Not listed; Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU: Daytona:; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License: Daytona: Not listed; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Daytona: Enterprise plan; Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Docker Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Docker Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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