Daytona vs Upstash Box

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Daytona

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$200 credit
Max session
No limit

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Daytona
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Daytona: $0.0504
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Daytona: $0.0162
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Daytona: $200 credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Daytona: Pay as you go
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Daytona: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Daytona: No limit
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Daytona: After 15 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Daytona: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Daytona: Container
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Daytona:
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Daytona:
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Daytona:
Upstash Box:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Daytona: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Daytona: Enterprise plan
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents 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 a desktop in the sandbox.

Upstash Box fits when

  • 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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