CreateOS Sandbox vs Daytona
CreateOS Sandbox is an isolated, benchmarked runtime billed per second. Daytona: A pay-as-you-go runtime for AI sandboxes with fast spin-up.
Pricing at a Glance
Compute and memory rates, verified June 2026. On total cost, CreateOS Sandbox adds no egress fees and pause that stops vCPU billing with your state kept.
CreateOS Sandbox
Best total cost- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Daytona
- Compute
- $0.0504 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0162 /GiB-hr
Why Teams Choose CreateOS Sandbox
What CreateOS Sandbox does that Daytona does not, with an honest note on where Daytona still has the edge.
Pause stops vCPU billing; Daytona's stop still bills disk until you archive.
Published cost and margin, not just a price.
No egress fees.
Where Daytona is strong
A generous starting credit and fast sandbox spin-up.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side. Rates verified June 2026; isolation, egress defaults, concurrency, session length, timeout behaviour, SDKs and preinstalled packages verified 7 September 2026 against each vendor's own docs and pricing pages.
| Dimension | CreateOS Sandbox | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| vCPU rate | $0.03616363/vCPU-hr | $0.0504/vCPU-hr |
| RAM rate | $0.01159025/GiB-hr | $0.0162/GiB-hr |
| Egress | No egress fees | Not listed |
| Pause | Memory and storage only, state preserved | Stop frees CPU/RAM; disk still bills (archive for $0) |
| Pricing transparency | Cost and margin published | Price only |
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM, own guest kernel | Managed sandboxes; isolation technology not stated on the pages we checked |
| Egress default | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once an allowlist is set, enforced in-kernel outside the VM | Depends on billing tier: Tier 1 and 2 restricted and not overridable, Tier 3 and 4 full internet by default; CIDR allowlist capped at 10 entries, domain allowlist at 20 |
| Concurrent sandboxes | 1 on Free, 5 Beginner, 20 Pro, 30 Enterprise (GET /v1/whoami shows your running count) | Tier-dependent |
| Max session length | None; runs until destroyed, paused or auto-paused | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK, CLI, MCP, REST from any language; no Python SDK yet | Python and TypeScript SDKs |
| Free tier | Free: 500 credits, 1 concurrent sandbox, 10 per day; paid plans from Beginner | Starting credit |
Common Questions
How is CreateOS Sandbox different from Daytona on pricing?
CreateOS Sandbox bills $0.03616363/vCPU-hr and $0.01159025/GiB-hr; Daytona bills $0.0504 and $0.0162, verified June 2026. Paused sandboxes are still charged for memory and storage, but not for vCPU. CreateOS also publishes its cost and margin.
Does CreateOS Sandbox charge for egress?
No. CreateOS Sandbox has no egress fees. Daytona does not list an egress charge as of June 2026.
See CreateOS Sandbox for yourself
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