Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Dedalus Machines

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Dedalus Machines

Linux virtual machines for AI agents that sleep when idle.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Dedalus Machines profile

What is different

3 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Dedalus Machines

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Dedalus Machines: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Dedalus Machinesdedaluslabs.ai/pricingdedaluslabs.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Dedalus Machines

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Dedalus Machines fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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