CoreWeave
vs
Daytona
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- 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 | CoreWeave | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | 10% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- 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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while Daytona offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Daytona |
|
B200
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Daytona |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 10 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
H200
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Daytona |
|
B300
1 config
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CoreWeave 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 |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Daytona bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | CoreWeave | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| 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 | CoreWeave | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 55 | -- |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing |
| Website | coreweave.com | www.daytona.io |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Daytona on Sept. 18, 2026.