Daytona
Daytona scores 66/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published.
Daytona pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
6 SKUs priced in mixed units (hour, second)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
vCPU (hourly) vCPU compute per hour | $0.0504 / hour | — |
vCPU (per second) vCPU compute per second | $0.000014 / second | — |
Memory (hourly) Memory per GiB per hour | $0.0162 / hour | — |
Memory (per second) Memory per GiB per second | $0.0000045 / second | — |
Storage (hourly) Storage per GiB per hour | $0.000108 / hour | — |
Storage (per second) Storage per GiB per second | $3e-8 / second | — |
How Daytona scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
4 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
66 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 vCPU, 1 GiB memory, 1 GiB storage for a month (730 h)
$48.7/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
DPA available
Security review required
Trial
Available, no card
Startup credits
$50k credits for startups
Positioning & ecosystem
“Build for free, pay as you scale.”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Daytona?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Daytona could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Build for free, pay as you scale. — Sign up for a free trial - no credit card required |
| tier_count | 2 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | null |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.daytona.io/docs/ |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | null |
| usage_headline_present | true |
| custom_tier_present | false |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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66
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2
Yes
Sales-led
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
Daytona pricing starts at $0.0504 per vCPU hour (or $0.000014 per second), $0.0162 per GiB memory hour (or $0.0000045 per second), and $0.000108 per GiB storage hour (or $0.00000003 per second); a free $200 compute credit is included. Usage is billed per hour or per second.
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Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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