---
title: "Compare what changes behind the API."
description: "Compare supported sandbox providers through the Wildflower Computer API using documented differences in images, lifetimes, output, and portability."
canonical: "https://wildflower.computer/compare/"
openapi_version: "0.8.0"
source_revision: "788b7325a454b8b753a7d614247d5694bad5c967"
---

# Compare what changes behind the API.

Wildflower Computer keeps the lifecycle stable while documenting provider differences that still matter. These comparisons use current adapter behavior and do not claim unsupported performance or cost advantages.

## Provider comparisons

- [E2B vs Daytona sandbox APIs](https://wildflower.computer/compare/e2b-vs-daytona/) — **E2B****Daytona** — E2B uses template IDs and preserves separate output streams. Daytona accepts container images, rounds timeout seconds to TTL minutes, and returns combined command output.
- [E2B vs Fly.io Sprites sandbox APIs](https://wildflower.computer/compare/e2b-vs-sprites/) — **E2B****Fly.io Sprites** — E2B accepts a template and timeout. Sprites uses a fixed environment, rejects timeout, and can automatically wake from a stopped state on execution.
- [Daytona vs Fly.io Sprites sandbox APIs](https://wildflower.computer/compare/daytona-vs-sprites/) — **Daytona****Fly.io Sprites** — Daytona accepts container images and rounded TTL minutes. Sprites exposes a fixed environment with automatic sleep and separate output streams.

## What these pages answer

- What the shared create request means for each provider.
- How image and lifetime inputs differ.
- How command output maps into stdout, stderr, and exitCode.
- Which differences prevent state from being portable automatically.

## Use the evidence directly

- [Review tested provider compatibility](https://wildflower.computer/compatibility/)
- [Inspect the machine-readable OpenAPI contract](https://wildflower.computer/openapi/)
- [Design a provider-portable sandbox integration](https://wildflower.computer/guides/provider-portability/)

> **Behavior, not hype** — Comparison policy No unsupported speed, reliability, pricing, or capability rankings.