BoxCompute vs Dedalus Machines

BoxCompute costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. BoxCompute runs full VMs and limits a session to 42 hours. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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BoxCompute

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Max session
42 hours

Dedalus Machines

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

What is different

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

BoxCompute
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BoxCompute: $0.10
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
BoxCompute: Included
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BoxCompute: $10 credit, one time, valid 14 days
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
BoxCompute: Bundled machine time
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
BoxCompute: 42 hours
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
BoxCompute: After 15 minutes
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
BoxCompute: 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
BoxCompute: Full VM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume
BoxCompute:
Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs
BoxCompute: Python, TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
BoxCompute: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
BoxCompute: Enterprise pilot on your hardware or cloud account
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BoxCompute
Dedalus Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.100
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.200
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BoxCompute: $0.400
Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BoxCompute fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $20 against $10.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 1.5 vCPU · 3 GiB.

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