Daytona vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 free compute
Max session
No limit

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Daytona
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Daytona: $200 free compute
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
Daytona: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Daytona: $200 free compute
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need snapshots.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 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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