Daytona vs Runta

Daytona and Runta charge the same list price: $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and $0.0162 per GiB-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Runta runs full VMs.

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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Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

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What is different

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

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Daytona

Runta

Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Runta: $50 free credit
Isolation: Daytona: Container; Runta: Full VM
SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

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Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

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Pricing

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

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Runta: Full VM
GPU: Daytona:; Runta: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Runta:
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Daytona: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
BYOC: Daytona: Enterprise plan; Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Runta: $0.331

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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, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $50.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Runta fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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