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Daytona plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| vCPU | $0.0504/h | |
| Memory | $0.0162/h | GiB |
| Storage | $0.000108/h | Price per GiB after first 5 free |
| Windows | $0.0858/vCPU/h | |
| Nvidia B300 | $4.08/h | Preemptible ($/hour) |
| Nvidia H100 | $2.27/h | Preemptible ($/hour) |
| Nvidia RTX 4090 | $0.57/h | Preemptible ($/hour) |
As printed on the page captured November 4, 2026.
How does Daytona pricing work?
The value metric is the sandbox's resources, priced one by one. A single panel lists 'Compute' at '$0.0504/h' per vCPU, 'Memory' at '$0.0162/h' per GiB, 'Storage' at '$0.000108/h' with '*Price per GiB after first 5 free', and a Windows line at '$0.0858/vCPU/h'. GPUs follow from 'Nvidia B300' at '$4.08/h' to 'Nvidia RTX 4090' at '$0.57/h', with a tab switch between 'Preemptible' and 'On-demand'. There are no plans; a sandbox costs the sum of what it is sized with, for as long as it runs, and 'All billing is calculated per second.'
The motion is self-serve with two side doors. 'Build for free, pay as you scale.' sits over 'Start for free' and 'Contact Sales'. Beside the rate panel, 'Instant Sandboxes. Pay-as-You-Go.' explains that Daytona can 'spin up sandboxes in milliseconds and shut them down just as fast' and ends on '$200 in free compute included'. Three checks follow, 'Sign up for a free trial - no credit card required', 'Pay as you go with usage-based pricing' and 'Unlock volume discounts as you scale', then two cards: Start-ups, with 'up to $50k in credits for free' and 'Sign up for credits', and Enterprise, 'Designed for businesses that need larger limits, SSO, audit logs, or BYOC', with 'Contact Sales'.
Under the hood, per-second billing on unbundled resources fits a product whose sandboxes live for seconds: an agent's run is billed for exactly the vCPU, memory and storage it held. Preemptible GPU rates price spare capacity for interruptible work, and the On-demand tab holds the guaranteed rate. Credits carry the go-to-market: $200 of compute on signup lands a developer, and startup credits up to $50k fund the first production months, with 'volume discounts' and BYOC as the levers sales uses later. Worth borrowing: one compact panel that prices every resource on the same per-hour scale.
What does Daytona's pricing page do well?
- Every resource is priced on one per-hour scale in a single panel, vCPU, memory, storage, Windows and GPUs
- 'All billing is calculated per second.' sits directly under the rate panel
- A 'Preemptible' and 'On-demand' tab on the GPU list keeps both rate cards in the same space
- Storage includes an allowance stated in the price line: '*Price per GiB after first 5 free'
- Three check lines restate the terms in plain words, including 'Sign up for a free trial - no credit card required'
What does Daytona's pricing page reveal about its pricing strategy?
- Unbundled vCPU, memory and storage rates let each sandbox cost exactly what it is sized with, a fit for short-lived agent workloads
- Preemptible GPU pricing sells spare capacity at a lower rate for work that tolerates interruption
- '$200 in free compute included' and 'up to $50k in credits' turn credits into the land motion for developers and startups
- Enterprise is defined by 'larger limits, SSO, audit logs, or BYOC', the terms where custom pricing and commitments come in
- A Windows rate per vCPU-hour prices the operating system license as its own line
Learn with Orb
- GuidePay-as-you-go pricing for SaaS 'Build for free, pay as you scale.' with 'Pay as you go with usage-based pricing' and no plans to choose is the model Orb's pay-as-you-go guide covers: a lower barrier to entry and revenue that scales with use.
- GuideMigrating from subscriptions to usage-based billing vCPU at '$0.0504/h', memory at '$0.0162/h' and storage per GiB, all billed per second, is the compute, storage and bandwidth billing Orb's guide walks through for cloud products whose customers consume very differently.
- ProductPrepaid credits '$200 in free compute included' on signup and 'up to $50k in credits' for startups are credit balances customers draw down, the model Orb's prepaid credits product supports from allocation to bulk commitments.
Questions about Daytona pricing
How much does Daytona cost?
Daytona's pricing starts at $0.0504/vCPU/h. Daytona prices by usage.
What pricing model does Daytona use?
Daytona prices by usage. Buyers can sign up on their own or go through the sales team. Its plans are aimed mainly at developers.
Does Daytona have a free plan?
Daytona has no free plan, but its paid plans offer a free trial. The lowest paid plan starts at $0.0504/vCPU/h.
Does Daytona offer an annual discount?
Daytona's pricing page shows a single billing period. The listed prices start at $0.0504/vCPU/h. Terms for the plans priced through sales are set with the sales team.
How is Daytona's pricing page laid out?
The page shows its pricing. The breakdown above marks 14 points on it: 7 things it does well and 7 insights into the pricing.
How does Daytona bill for sandbox compute, memory and storage?
Each resource is priced separately and "All billing is calculated per second". Compute is $0.0504/h per vCPU, memory is $0.0162/h per GiB, and storage is $0.000108/h per GiB after the first 5 GiB free. Windows sandboxes add $0.0858/vCPU/h.
What GPUs does Daytona offer?
The GPU list runs from the Nvidia B300 at $4.08/h to the Nvidia RTX 4090 at $0.57/h on preemptible pricing, with the Nvidia H100 at $2.27/h and the AMD MI355X at $3.44/h in between. A tab switches the list between "Preemptible" and "On-demand" rates.
Does Daytona offer credits for startups?
Yes. "Daytona supports startups with up to $50k in credits for free", with a "Sign up for credits" button and a Startup Program. Every new account also gets "$200 in free compute included".
From the page as captured November 4, 2026. Current prices are on daytona.io
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