boxd vs Dedalus Machines

boxd costs $0.047 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. boxd runs microVMs. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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boxd

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 credit with a payment method
Max session
Not listed

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.

boxd
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Isolation
boxd: MicroVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SDKs
boxd: TypeScript, Python
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
boxd: $0.047
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
boxd: $0.014
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
boxd: $0.000096 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
boxd: $30 credit with a payment method
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
boxd: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
boxd: Per second
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
boxd: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
boxd: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
boxd: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
boxd: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
boxd: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
boxd: Custom plan
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

boxd
Dedalus Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
boxd: $0.075
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
boxd: $0.150
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
boxd: $0.300
Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

boxd fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $20.
  • You need snapshots.

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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