Daytona
vs
Exoscale
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
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Daytona | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | 78% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | 72% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | 23% cheaper on Daytona |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / 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 and Exoscale each offer 7 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
10 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Exoscale |
|
H100
10 configs
|
$2.27 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
B200
10 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.61 /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
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
-- | $0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
-- | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; Exoscale bills on-demand. 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.
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 | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | -- | 8 |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | -- |
| Website | www.daytona.io | www.exoscale.com |
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Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Exoscale on Sept. 18, 2026.