Daytona

Daytona offers sandboxes for running code safely. AI agents that write and execute code need a place where mistakes or malicious instructions cannot harm real systems, and Daytona spins up an isolated environment on demand, runs the code, returns the results, and discards the sandbox. Fast startup keeps agent loops responsive.

The company started with standardized development environments that teams could create from a repository in one step. It turned toward infrastructure for AI agents, offering SDKs to create sandboxes, run commands, work with files, and snapshot state. The open-source core can be self-hosted, and a managed cloud is available.

Daytona has a free allowance and usage-based pricing. Running untrusted code is a security-sensitive area, so teams should review isolation and network settings. Alternatives include E2B, Modal, Cloudflare sandboxes, Vercel Sandbox, and Fly.io Machines. Daytona suits developers building agents that execute code.