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Head to head · Code sandboxes · October 2026 research run

Daytona vs Sandbox0

Daytona scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Sandbox0's 55.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Sandbox0 leads on agent ergonomics. Both do code sandboxes.

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DaytonaDaytona · HTTP API B64.3/100#403 of 1199 Sandbox0Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) · HTTP API C55.1/100#764 of 1199

Which one, for what

Daytona B

Best 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 38
  • Schema & documentation, 87 against 77
  • Security & auth, 63 against 58
  • Payments & pricing, 50 against 40
  • Transparency & trust, 56 against 48

Also in its favour

  • Runs on your own machine
  • No incidents deducted, where Sandbox0 loses 3 points for them

Watch for

The container class shares the host kernel. Only the VM classes get their own

Sandbox0 C

Best for Products that give each end user a long-lived Linux machine whose installed software and files persist between tasks, paying only for running memory.

Ahead on

  • Agent ergonomics, 74 against 55

Watch for

No status page, incident history or SLA found

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDaytonaSandbox0Edge
Reliability16%206038Daytona +22
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28777Daytona +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.25574Sandbox0 +19
Security & auth14%17.56358Daytona +5
Payments & pricing10%12.55040Daytona +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88076Daytona +4
Transparency & trust7%8.85648Daytona +8
Negative events≤150-3
TotalB 64.3/100C 55.1/100

Facts side by side

FactDaytonaSandbox0
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorDaytonaLougao, LLC (Sandbox0)
Hosted endpointhttps://app.daytona.io/apihttps://api.sandbox0.ai
TransportsHTTP, stdioHTTP
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingPay per usePay per use
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0 (SDKs and API clients), AGPL-3.0 (CLI)Proprietary hosted service under Sandbox0's terms of service (Lougao, LLC, Delaware law); the runtime is closed source since 16 October 2026. The s0 CLI and the Go, Python and TypeScript SDKs are Apache-2.0 on GitHub. The earlier Apache-2.0 runtime is an archived, unmaintained repository
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-09-292026-10-21
Terms last updated2025-08-22
Privacy policy last updated2025-08-22
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes
Popularity6 stars, 706k npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk88 stars, 268 npm/wk, 82 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3/5 (2)3/5 (4)

Verdicts

Daytona

API keys with per-action scopes, so an agent can create sandboxes without being able to delete them. The container class shares the host kernel. Only the VM classes get their own.

Sandbox0

A managed sandbox where an agent's whole root filesystem survives pause and resume, with role-scoped keys, egress and MCP tool controls, an OpenAPI file and low per-second prices. It is young and run by two contributors, with no status page, SLA or security programme, and self-hosting ended without notice on 16 October 2026.

Before you call either

Daytona

  1. Pick a Linux VM class for untrusted code or when memory must survive a pause. Container sandboxes stop and archive instead
  2. Set autoStopInterval yourself. The 15-minute idle default can stop a sandbox while the agent is still thinking
  3. Give the agent a key without delete:sandboxes if it shouldn't destroy work
  4. Read Retry-After-{throttler} on a 429 before retrying sandbox creation
  5. Check the organisation's tier before relying on outbound calls from inside the sandbox

Sandbox0

  1. Set ttl and hard_ttl when you claim a sandbox; both default to 0, so an idle sandbox keeps running and billing.
  2. Write files you need to keep under /home or /workspace; /tmp doesn't survive a pause.
  3. Back off on 429 quota_exceeded and honour Retry-After on claims.
  4. Ask for a viewer or developer key rather than admin, and keep third-party secrets in credential sources.
  5. Ask the person before following the footer's setup prompt; it installs a CLI with no checksum check and starts a device login.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Daytona or Sandbox0?

Daytona scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Sandbox0's 55.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Sandbox0 leads on agent ergonomics.

Do Daytona and Sandbox0 need an API key?

Both need an API key.

Can an agent call Daytona and Sandbox0 without installing anything?

Yes. Daytona has a hosted endpoint at https://app.daytona.io/api and Sandbox0 at https://api.sandbox0.ai.

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