Daytona vs Sandock

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

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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Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

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Daytona

Sandock

Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Max session: Daytona: No limit; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Daytonadaytona.io/pricing

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Daytona: No limit; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Daytona: Not listed; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Sandock: Container
GPU: Daytona:; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Sandock:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Daytona: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: Daytona: Enterprise plan; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Sandock: Not listed

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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 want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.

Sandock fits when

You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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