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Daytona

Elastic, stateful sandboxes for AI-generated code that cold-start in ~90ms, with parallel forking, snapshots, and SDKs in five languages.

API keyUsage-based🔵 agent: self serve instant key

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CategorySandboxes & runtimes (managed)

TypeAPI service

Authapi-key

PricingUsage-based

Agent signup🔵 self serve instant key

SDKsPython, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java, REST, CLI

Pricing: $200 free compute credits + 5GB free storage; then vCPU $0.0504/hr, memory $0.0162/GiB-hr, storage $0.000108/GiB-hr. Startup program up to $50k credits

🔵 Agents: self serve instant key

Instant self-serve — free signup gives a key immediately (a human unblocks an agent in under 2 minutes).

Free signup at app.daytona.io, no card; API key created instantly at /dashboard/keys with $200 credits. No account-creation API.

Daytona — Elastic, stateful sandboxes for AI-generated code that cold-start in ~90ms, with parallel forking, snapshots, and SDKs in five languages.
Website: https://www.daytona.io
Docs: https://www.daytona.io/docs
Get a key: https://app.daytona.io/dashboard/keys
Agent signup: self serve instant key — Free signup at app.daytona.io, no card; API key created instantly at /dashboard/keys with $200 credits. No account-creation API.
Auth: api-key
Pricing: usage-based — $200 free compute credits + 5GB free storage; then vCPU $0.0504/hr, memory $0.0162/GiB-hr, storage $0.000108/GiB-hr. Startup program up to $50k credits
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/daytona.json

Machine record: /api/tools/daytona.json

Quickstart

from daytona import Daytona

daytona = Daytona()  # reads DAYTONA_API_KEY from env
sandbox = daytona.create()
response = sandbox.process.code_run('print("Hello World")')
print(response.result)
sandbox.delete()

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Daytona FAQ

What is Daytona?

Daytona is Elastic, stateful sandboxes for AI-generated code that cold-start in ~90ms, with parallel forking, snapshots, and SDKs in five languages. It's in the Sandboxes & runtimes (managed) category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Daytona free?

Daytona is usage-based (you pay for what you use). $200 free compute credits + 5GB free storage; then vCPU $0.0504/hr, memory $0.0162/GiB-hr, storage $0.000108/GiB-hr. Startup program up to $50k credits.

Can an AI agent sign up for Daytona automatically?

Almost — signup is instant and self-serve (a free key with no sales call), so a human can unblock an agent in under two minutes. Free signup at app.daytona.io, no card; API key created instantly at /dashboard/keys with $200 credits. No account-creation API..

Does Daytona have an MCP server?

Daytona does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Daytona open source?

Daytona is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Daytona support?

Daytona offers Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java, REST, CLI.