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Daytona moved from dev environments into agent sandboxes and built it out fast: five regions, sub-90ms cold starts, SDKs in Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, and Java. microsandbox is local-first by design and ships a stricter security model. Here's the honest breakdown.

microsandbox
local + cloud
Daytona
Cloud sandboxes for AI agents
Hosting model
Local-first · cloud beta soon
Cloud-hosted · customer-managed compute available
Runs offline
Yes, fully local
No, sandboxes live on their compute
Cold start
Sub-100ms
Sub-90ms (claimed)
Isolation
microVM (libkrun) · separate kernel per sandbox
Isolated runtime · shared host details not public
Languages
Rust · TypeScript · Python · CLI (Go, Terraform next)
Python · TypeScript · Ruby · Go · Java
Daemon required
None, embeds as a library
Cloud control plane
Snapshots
Native · save and fork full VM state
Environment snapshots · save, restore, resume
Secrets
TLS-bound substitution · real keys never enter guest
Standard environment variable injection
Network policy
Programmable allowlist · DNS pinning
Standard egress controls
Computer use
Headless Linux today
Linux · macOS · Windows desktop automation
License
Local: Apache 2.0 · Cloud: TBA
Open source
Pricing
Free locally · cloud beta TBA
Pay-as-you-go · $200 free credit
Pick Daytona

Pick Daytona for breadth and managed cloud, today.

  • You ship in Ruby, Java, Go, or want desktop automation across macOS and Windows.
  • You want stateful sandboxes that live for days and a managed control plane that handles regions for you.
  • You're fine running everything on their cloud, or in a customer-managed compute pool.
  • You don't need fine-grained, programmable network and secrets policies.
Pick microsandbox

Pick microsandbox for local-first and a stricter security model.

  • You want every developer to run real sandboxes on their laptop, not pay for cloud time during development.
  • Real keys must never enter the guest, secrets are bound to a verified TLS handshake.
  • You want a programmable network allowlist with DNS pinning, not just standard egress rules.
  • Daemon-free embedding means no separate service to manage in production.
  • Same code, same config from laptop to CI to cloud.
Closed beta

Cloud and on-prem, almost here.

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