# Daytona vs DeltaBox Lite (slim)

> Daytona scores 64.3 (B) to DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Daytona scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against DeltaBox Lite's 52.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeltaBox Lite leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do code sandboxes.

- Daytona: B 64.3, rank #394 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/daytona.min.md
- DeltaBox Lite: D 52.3, rank #825 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deltabox-lite.min.md
- Daytona, good for Agents that need a choice of machine, including Windows desktops and GPUs, and operators who want least-privilege keys. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 37; Schema & documentation, 87 against 68; Security & auth, 63 against 47; Maintenance & community, 80 against 43; Transparency & trust, 56 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- DeltaBox Lite, good for A developer who wants a local coding agent's file edits held as a reviewable transaction on Linux or macOS, with commit or abort per task or per tool call. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 67 against 55; Payments & pricing, 60 against 50. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Daytona | DeltaBox Lite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 37 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 43 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 40 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Daytona | DeltaBox Lite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Daytona | DeltaBox (delta-box) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.daytona.io/api` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs and API clients), AGPL-3.0 (CLI) | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-22 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-22 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 6 stars, 706k npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |