# Daytona vs Offscreen (slim)

> Daytona scores 64.3 (B) to Offscreen's 62.9 (B) 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 Offscreen's 62.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Offscreen 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
- Offscreen: B 62.9, rank #456 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/offscreen.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 55; Schema & documentation, 87 against 67; Maintenance & community, 80 against 66. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- Offscreen, good for A coding agent working on a macOS or iOS app on the developer's own Apple silicon Mac, which needs to run UI tests, the Simulator or the built app without taking the screen. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 74 against 55; Payments & pricing, 60 against 50. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Daytona | Offscreen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Daytona | Offscreen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Daytona | Mark Phelps |
| 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) | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-16 |
| 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) | 3/5 (4) |