Daytona vs Runloop

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Daytona
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Runloop: $0.634

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 Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $50.

Runloop fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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