Daytona vs Tenki Sandbox

Daytona and Tenki Sandbox 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. Tenki Sandbox runs full VMs.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Tenki Sandbox

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Daytona
Tenki Sandbox
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Tenki Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Tenki Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Tenki Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Tenki Sandbox: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Tenki Sandbox: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Tenki Sandbox: $200 / month
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Tenki Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tenki Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Tenki Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Daytona: Container
Tenki Sandbox: Full VM
GPU
Daytona:
Tenki Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Daytona:
Tenki Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Daytona:
Tenki Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Tenki Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Tenki Sandbox: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Tenki Sandbox: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Tenki Sandbox: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • 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.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.

Tenki Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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