# Quivvo vs Daytona

Both Quivvo and Daytona run AI-generated code in isolated cloud environments. A 2 vCPU, 4 GiB machine costs $0.054 per running hour on Quivvo and about $0.166 on Daytona. Daytona's terms describe its sandboxes as a "container or microVM environment", while every Quivvo machine is a Firecracker microVM with its own kernel. Daytona offers SDKs in five languages and an enterprise tier.

## How do they compare?

| | Quivvo | Daytona |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2 vCPU + 4 GiB, per running hour | $0.054 | $0.166 |
| Per vCPU-hour | $0.005 | $0.0504 |
| Per GiB-hour of memory | $0.011 | $0.0162 |
| Disk | $0.20 per GiB-month, none included | About $0.08 per GiB-month, first 5 GiB free |
| Isolation | Firecracker microVM | "Container or microVM environment" |
| Ways to drive it | CLI, REST API, hosted MCP server, SDKs for TypeScript and Python | SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go and Java |
| Bring your own cloud | No | Yes, on Enterprise |

Daytona's figures come from [its pricing page](https://www.daytona.io/pricing), read on 31 October 2026, and [its terms](https://www.daytona.io/terms-of-service) and [its site](https://www.daytona.io/), read on 30 October. The hourly prices are our arithmetic from its published rates.

## When should I choose Daytona?

Choose Daytona if you want an SDK for Ruby, Go or Java, or need a bring-your-own-cloud deployment. Quivvo's SDKs are for TypeScript and Python, and it doesn't offer bring-your-own-cloud. Daytona also includes the first 5 GiB of disk, where Quivvo charges for all of it.

## When should I choose Quivvo?

Choose Quivvo if you want a full VM for each agent at a lower hourly price. A Quivvo machine has root, Docker on the default template and a persistent disk at `/data`. It suspends when idle, keeping memory and processes when it can and otherwise stopping, which keeps the disk, and wakes on the next command. Agents can use it through a hosted MCP server, and one with no browser can sign itself up for you to approve.

See the [full pricing comparison](https://tryquivvo.com/compare/sandbox-pricing).