Pick Daytona if
agent platforms that will create/destroy sandboxes in code and might attach a GPU later.
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Our take
Pick Daytona if agent platforms that will create/destroy sandboxes in code and might attach a GPU later. Pick Runpod if engineers who will pick a GPU row and pay by the second. Skip Daytona if researchers who want one published 8× H100 they SSH for a week (Lambda). Skip Runpod if teams that want a managed Ray workspace instead of a raw container (Anyscale).
Best for
Daytona Run untrusted agent code (and, if needed, a GPU)
Runpod Rent a GPU by the second
Free plan
Daytona No free plan
Runpod No free plan
Lowest paid
Daytona Storage $0.000108
Runpod RTX A5000 $0.27
Next step up
Daytona Memory $0.0162
Runpod RTX 4090 $0.89
Coding agent
Daytona Computer-use + code interpreter
Runpod
Runs where
Daytona Hosted
Runpod
Watch out
Daytona Stopped sandboxes still pay disk
Runpod You pay while the Pod exists
Last checked
Daytona 2026-10-22 · daytona.io/pricing
Runpod 2026-10-22 · runpod.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Runpod if
engineers who will pick a GPU row and pay by the second.
Read the Runpod page