Daytona vs Northflank Sandboxes

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Northflank Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Daytona
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 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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