# Daytona vs Sandbox0 (slim)

> 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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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: B 64.3, rank #403 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/daytona.min.md
- Sandbox0: C 55.1, rank #764 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sandbox0.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 38; Schema & documentation, 87 against 77; Security & auth, 63 against 58; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Transparency & trust, 56 against 48. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Sandbox0 loses 3 points for them.
- Sandbox0, 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.

| Category | Daytona | Sandbox0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 38 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 76 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Daytona | Sandbox0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Daytona | Lougao, LLC (Sandbox0) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.daytona.io/api` | `https://api.sandbox0.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| 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 |
| 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) |