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Daytona vs Wave V3

Provides dev environment setup, not a SaaS codebase.

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What it is
Daytona:Daytona is an open-source dev environment manager that creates secure, elastic sandboxes for code and AI agent execution.
Wave V3:Wave is an open-source Laravel & Livewire SaaS boilerplate with built-in auth, billing, subscriptions, and more.
Best for
Daytona:Self-hosted sandbox environments
Wave V3:Ready-made Laravel SaaS starter
Who it’s for
Daytona:Developers and teams needing isolated, reproducible environments for any infrastructure.
Wave V3:Developers who want to launch a SaaS quickly using Laravel.
Pricing
Daytona:Open source
Wave V3:Open source
Open source
Daytona:Yes, 71,707 GitHub stars
Wave V3:Yes, 6,552 GitHub stars
Works with
Daytona:Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java
Wave V3:Laravel, Livewire, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, Filament, Stripe, Paddle
DevHunt upvotes
Daytona:339
Wave V3:0
Launched on DevHunt
Daytona:May 2024
Wave V3:Sep 2025

Daytona features

  • Sandboxes. Isolated full composable computers that spin up in under 90 ms and retain state.
  • Agent tools. Programmatic APIs and SDKs for code execution, filesystem ops, and lifecycle management.
  • Human tools. Dashboard, web terminal, SSH and VNC access for interactive sessions.
  • Platform controls. Governance, API keys, audit logs and OpenTelemetry for organizations.
  • System tools. Hooks, webhooks and network limits for custom lifecycle events.
  • Multi-language SDKs. Client libraries for Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go and Java.

Wave V3 features

  • Authentication. Customizable user registration and login powered by DevDojo Auth.
  • Billing & Subscriptions. One-time or recurring payments via Stripe or Paddle, linked to user roles.
  • Roles & Permissions. Assign permissions based on roles and tie roles to subscription plans.
  • User Profiles. Public profiles with configurable fields for each user.
  • Blog & Changelog. Built-in blog and changelog to publish posts and updates.
  • Admin Panel. Filament-powered admin to manage users, posts, plans, and settings.

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