Daytona vs Novita Sandbox

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Daytona
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Max session
Daytona: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Daytona: Container
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Daytona:
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Daytona:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Daytona:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 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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