Daytona vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Daytona
Koyeb Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

Compute only, at list rates.

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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, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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