Daytona vs Fly.io Sprites

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Fly.io Sprites 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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Fly.io Sprites

Persistent Linux computers that sleep when idle.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 trial credit
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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Daytona

Fly.io Sprites

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Daytona: Container; Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Fly.io Spritesfly.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Daytona: No limit; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Daytona: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU: Daytona:; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Daytona: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC: Daytona: Enterprise plan; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Fly.io Sprites

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
You use LangChain, the Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $30.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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