Daytona
vs
Runpod
Both rent H100, H200 and RTX cards with spot rates. Daytona runs ephemeral agent sandboxes, while Runpod rents persistent pods and serverless workers.
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Daytona | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 10% cheaper on Runpod |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 64% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 22% cheaper on Daytona |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 11 configs
|
$3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 12% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Daytona |
|
RTX PRO 6000
10 configs · 6 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
10 configs · 6 configs
|
$4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX 5090
10 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 4090
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Runpod |
MI355X
10 configs
|
$3.44 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
B300
3 configs
|
-- | $6.94 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Daytona | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | www.daytona.io | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 18, 2026.