Windows is available from both.

Daytona documents Windows VMs with command execution, file operations and desktop control. Its documented access requirement is Tier 3 or higher with a support request. Panes provides Windows computers through its SDKs, HTTP API and MCP, with screenshots, input and a browser viewer. Read the Panes setup and API docs.

Evaluate the Office steps explicitly.

For an existing Excel model, test the queries, VBA, add-ins, formulas and saved results your team depends on. For PowerPoint, verify the editable charts and the rendered slides. A provider’s Windows support establishes the operating system; it does not establish the outcome of your particular Office task.

Panes publishes a native Excel-to-PowerPoint close case with source exports, workbooks, a six-slide deck, an uncut recording and independent validation. The company and figures are fictional. We have not run that same case on Daytona, so we do not claim it fails there or that Panes is faster.

Ask the same questions of each option.

  • Which Office version and add-ins are installed, and how will your account sign in?
  • Does the agent execute in the signed-in desktop and handle application dialogs?
  • Can a reviewer watch, take over and return control?
  • What is retained after stopping, and what evidence proves the document state survived?
  • What is billed while running, stopped, waiting and storing backups?
  • Can you download the exact reviewed file with native features intact?

Compare total task cost after the task passes.

Use identical files, an equivalent resource size and a fixed definition of done. Record actual running intervals, setup effort and model charges separately. Start/resume timers and video duration are not complete task costs. We have not collected matched billing evidence for the two providers, so there is no price-performance winner on this page.

Panes pricing is size-based and prepaid. For Daytona’s current rates and billing terms, consult its own pricing page. Recheck access and pricing before a purchase.

Run an acceptance test you can inspect.

Use our Windows sandbox evaluation guide to define the test. For native Excel and PowerPoint work, start with the public close files and independently check the output. Keep the rest of your agent stack where it already runs.

Connect your agent to Panes, compare Panes and E2B, or read the Windows vs. Linux workload comparison.