# Daytona

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Daytona and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Sandboxes that boot quickly and keep VMs warm for AI agents; critics find pricing high against a plain VPS and cap concurrent resource use.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast boot with pre-warmed VMs (2 comments): "While Daytona sandboxes boot faster than Freestyle ones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47671671)) "Daytona pre-provisions VMs and keeps them warm." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248754))
- Dynamic resizing without stopping the VM (2 comments): "with proper isolation, agents tools, dynamic resizing etc; not just "networking on/off" level controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47424598)) "Daytona supports scaling up (but not down) without stopping the VM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159154))

## What people warn about

- Priced far above a plain VPS (2 comments): "I find it very hard to believe that a human designed their process around a "Daytona Sandbox" (whatever the fuck that is) at 100x markup over simply renting a VPS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47643097)) "at 100x markup over simply renting a VPS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637183))
- Tight limits on concurrent resources (2 comments): "they have very stringent limits on how many resources we can consume concurrently" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158840)) "close to useless given their restrictions until you hit tier 3" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50060249))
- Security concerns after going closed source (2 comments): "The vulnerabilities will still easily be found without the source." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509389)) "Security by obscurity is not the answer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509486))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amla Sandbox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amla-sandbox.md): 11 recommend
- [amazing-sandbox by ashishb](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazing-sandbox.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.daytona.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Daytona", https://hackerapproved.com/p/daytona/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).