Daytona vs Tensorlake Sandboxes

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Tensorlake Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Tensorlake Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and has no session limit.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Tensorlake Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Daytona
Tensorlake Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Daytona: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Tensorlake Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Tensorlake Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Tensorlake Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Daytona: Container
Tensorlake Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Daytona:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Daytona:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Daytona:
Tensorlake Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Tensorlake Sandboxes: Your AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Daytona
Tensorlake Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Daytona: $0.083
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Daytona: $0.166
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Daytona: $0.331
Tensorlake Sandboxes: $0.400

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Tensorlake Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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