Daytona
vs
Koyeb
Daytona and Koyeb both rent B200, H100 and H200 GPUs. Daytona runs sandboxes for agent code, while Koyeb hosts long-running apps and Postgres.
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
- Scale-to-zero on GPU and CPU instances
- GPUs from RTX 4000 SFF Ada to 8x H200 and B200
- Serverless Postgres that sleeps when idle
- Free web service and Postgres database for testing
- EU-based, with Paris and Frankfurt regions
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Daytona | Koyeb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | $10.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD (small) | 78% cheaper on Koyeb |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | $41.47 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-xlarge) | 83% cheaper on Koyeb |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $82.94 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-2xlarge) | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $140.20 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Large) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1 TB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB · US and EU regions, Asia is $0.04 / 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 Koyeb offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | Koyeb | Difference |
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$3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 37% cheaper on Koyeb |
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$6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 12% cheaper on Koyeb |
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$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Koyeb |
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$4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Koyeb |
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$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
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$0.57 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
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$3.44 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
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-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
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-- | $1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
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-- | $0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; Koyeb 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.
| Framework | Daytona | Koyeb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Enterprise plan only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Koyeb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | -- | 6 |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | Kong, eToro, Scenario, Strapi, Neon |
| Website | www.daytona.io | koyeb.com |
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Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Koyeb on Sept. 18, 2026.