# Daytona vs Together Code Sandbox (slim)

> Daytona scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Together Code Sandbox's 53.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Together Code Sandbox leads on agent ergonomics. Both do sandbox code. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Daytona scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Together Code Sandbox's 53.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Together Code Sandbox leads on agent ergonomics. Both do sandbox code.

- Daytona: B 64.3, rank #320 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/daytona.min.md
- Together Code Sandbox: D 53.6, rank #628 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.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 25; Security & auth, 63 against 47; Payments & pricing, 50 against 20. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.
- Together Code Sandbox, good for Teams already buying from Together, and former CodeSandbox SDK users, who want Docker-defined sandboxes with disk and memory snapshots from Python or TypeScript. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 70 against 55.

| Category | Daytona | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Daytona | Together Code Sandbox |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Daytona | Together AI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.daytona.io/api` | `https://api.bartender.codesandbox.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs and API clients), AGPL-3.0 (CLI) | Proprietary service under Together's terms of service. The SDKs, CLI and OpenAPI documents on GitHub are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-22 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-22 | no date given |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 6 stars, 706k npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk | 3 stars, 1.3k npm/wk, 3.4k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |