# Daytona vs Sandbox0

> Daytona scores 64.3 (B) to Sandbox0's 55.1 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-22

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.

- Daytona: grade B, 64.3/100, rank #403 of 1199. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/daytona.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/daytona.json
- Sandbox0: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #764 of 1199. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbox0.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sandbox0.json
- Best code execution sandboxes for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/code-sandboxes/index.md
- All 190 sandboxes comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/code-sandboxes/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Daytona (B)

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 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Daytona | Sandbox0 | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 38 | Daytona +22 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 77 | Daytona +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 74 | Sandbox0 +19 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 58 | Daytona +5 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 40 | Daytona +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 76 | Daytona +4 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 48 | Daytona +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **64.3 · B** | **55.1 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Daytona | Sandbox0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Daytona | Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.daytona.io/api` | `https://api.sandbox0.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-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 documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-22 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-22 |  |
| 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 | 88 stars, 268 npm/wk, 82 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (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.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/daytona-vs-sandbox0.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/daytona-vs-sandbox0.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "daytona", "b": "sandbox0"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare daytona sandbox0`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/daytona.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sandbox0.json

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