AWS
vs
Daytona
What's good about each
- 200+ managed services across compute, storage, databases and AI
- 30+ datacenter locations, including two GovCloud regions
- 100 GB of free egress each month
- Single-GPU T4 up to 8x H200 and B200 nodes
- Runs AI-generated and untrusted code in isolated sandboxes
- Sandboxes run as containers, or Linux, macOS or Windows VMs
- Pay as you go, billed per second
- Up to 8 AMD or NVIDIA GPUs per sandbox
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3a.micro) | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | 86% cheaper on AWS |
| Medium VM | $110.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (c6a.xlarge) | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | 54% cheaper on AWS |
| Large VM | $220.32 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c6a.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $37.96 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $19.58 /mo 2 vCPU, 1.37 GiB RAM (cache.t3.small, Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $22.34 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $36.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Daytona offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 10 configs
|
$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on Daytona |
|
B200
1 config · 10 configs
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on Daytona |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 10 configs
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Daytona |
|
H200
1 config · 10 configs
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on Daytona |
|
B300
1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
A100
6 configs
|
$1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | AWS only |
|
RTX 5090
10 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
|
RTX 4090
10 configs
|
-- | $0.57 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
MI355X
10 configs
|
-- | $3.44 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); Daytona bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AWS | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | -- |
| FedRAMP | High, GovCloud; Moderate in US East-West | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 36 | -- |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | www.daytona.io |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Daytona on Sept. 18, 2026.