Daytona
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- 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
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Daytona | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 87% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 80% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 22% cheaper on Daytona |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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
Daytona offers 7 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Daytona |
|
H200
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
MI355X
10 configs · 1 config
|
$3.44 /GPU/hr Spot | $4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | 24% cheaper on Daytona |
|
B200
10 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
10 configs
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX 5090
10 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX 4090
10 configs
|
$0.57 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months). 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 | Daytona | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | SAQ-A |
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 | Daytona | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 16 |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | www.daytona.io | digitalocean.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Sept. 18, 2026.