Daytona
vs
Hugging Face
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
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Daytona | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 8x the amount of data stored | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Included within the allowance |
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 Hugging Face each offer 7 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
10 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Hugging Face |
|
H200
10 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Daytona |
|
H100
10 configs
|
$2.27 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
B200
10 configs
|
$3.59 /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 |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Daytona | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| 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 | Daytona | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | -- |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 |
| Website | www.daytona.io | huggingface.co |
Alternatives to consider
Compare Daytona and Hugging Face against other cloud providers.
Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hugging Face on Sept. 18, 2026.