Daytona by Daytona Platforms
Fast-starting sandboxes (CPU, GPU, Windows) for running AI-generated code, billed per second.
Code sandboxes Official MCP server Open source
Price
Free plan
list price
Free tier
Yes
$200 in free compute, no credit card
SDK downloads
2.3M
npm @daytonaio/sdk · PyPI daytona
Pricing
| Free tier | $200 in free compute, no credit card |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | vCPU $0.0504/hour; memory $0.0162 per GiB-hour; storage $0.000108 per GiB-hour after first 5 GiB free |
| Good to know | Pay as you go with volume discounts; Enterprise for SSO/BYOC. Windows $0.0858/vCPU-hour; GPUs from $0.57/hour (RTX 4090 preemptible). MCP server ships in the Daytona CLI ('daytona mcp init/start'), not as a separate package. Startups up to $50k credits. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install @daytonaio/sdk |
| PyPI | pip install daytona |
| GitHub | daytonaio/daytona · 71.6K stars · last push Jul 24, 2026 |
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