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Clair vs Daytona
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Clair and Daytona — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Clair vs Daytona: at a glance
What is Clair?
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
What is Daytona?
Daytona keeps adding GPU types and build fixes on a weekly cadence
Daytona, a cloud sandbox platform for AI agents, keeps shipping a release every few days. The latest adds the NVIDIA L40S GPU type, a week after B200. 0.227 made the Python SDK honour .dockerignore when building images, fixed COPY globs in the TypeScript SDK and added a named timeout to Ruby sandbox creation; 0.230 is a branch sync and dependency update.
Clair vs Daytona: editorial side-by-side
Clair
2.5INFRA · APIS
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
◆ Current state
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
◆ Where it's heading
Since 4.8 Clair has moved from Red Hat's older OVAL data to VEX, and each release follows Red Hat's security data more closely. 4.10 adds SBOMs as an input, so Clair can match what an image's own manifest declares, not only what it finds on disk.
◆ Prediction
More 4.10 release candidates and then a final are likely; the long gap between releases suggests that could take weeks.
Daytona
5.0INFRA · APIS
Daytona keeps adding GPU types and build fixes on a weekly cadence
◆ Current state
Daytona, a cloud sandbox platform for AI agents, keeps shipping a release every few days. The latest adds the NVIDIA L40S GPU type, a week after B200. 0.227 made the Python SDK honour .dockerignore when building images, fixed COPY globs in the TypeScript SDK and added a named timeout to Ruby sandbox creation; 0.230 is a branch sync and dependency update.
◆ Where it's heading
The GPU catalogue is growing release by release, and the SDKs are being made consistent with each other on image builds, regions and timeouts. No new sandbox capability has landed since per-call regions in October.
◆ Prediction
More GPU types and SDK parity fixes are the likely next releases; a larger capability addition is not signalled in these entries.
Alternatives to Clair and Daytona
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Clair or Daytona.
Payload CMS
Payload's v4 beta.9 keeps every past image crop and raises the Node floor again.
Nautobot
Nautobot 3.3 alpha 2 adds test helpers and a cable location filter after 3.2.9's token-leak fix.
Shuffle
Shuffle tags builds almost daily, but the notes are empty.
KrakenD
KrakenD's community edition is shipping only dependency bumps.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor's recent releases are mostly about patching CVEs.
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Recent activity from Clair and Daytona
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 13h agoClairClair 4.10 RC reads CycloneDX SBOMs for Java matching
- 7d agoDaytonaNVIDIA L40S GPU
- 9d agoDaytonaRelease branch sync and dependency updates
- 16d agoDaytonaDockerignore support in SDK build contexts
- 23d agoDaytonaPreserve spaces in image COPY paths
- 29d agoDaytonaNVIDIA B200 GPU type
- 1mo agoDaytonaPer-call region for sandbox and snapshot create
- 11mo agoClairClair 4.9 moves CVSS data to NVD's 2.0 feeds
- 2y agoClairClair 4.8 replaces Red Hat OVAL data with VEX
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.4 changes the default layer download location
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.3 requires TLS 1.2 or newer
- 3y agoClairClair 4.7.2 drops the retired CRDA source
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Clair and Daytona?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Daytona is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Clair better than Daytona?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Daytona is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Clair?
Top Clair alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Clair alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clair for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Daytona?
Top Daytona alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Daytona alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/daytona for the full list with editorial commentary on each.