Cerebrium
vs
Daytona
Both price GPU, vCPU and memory as separate unit rates. Cerebrium serves model endpoints from Sweden and the US, while Daytona runs agent sandboxes.
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 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 | Cerebrium | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | 53% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | 52% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | 36% cheaper on Cerebrium |
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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Daytona offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 10 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs · 10 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 10 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 10 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium 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 |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Daytona bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cerebrium | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Cerebrium | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | www.daytona.io |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Daytona on Sept. 18, 2026.