Caged vs Dedalus Machines

Caged costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Caged runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 4 hours. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Caged

Isolated microVM sandboxes that record every agent action.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Max session: 4 hours

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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

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

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Caged

Dedalus Machines

vCPU, per hour: Caged: $0.06; Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Caged: Included; Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage: Caged: Free; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day; Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from: Caged: $29 / month; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing: Caged: Bundled machine time; Dedalus Machines: Per second
Largest sandbox: Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Caged: Firecracker microVM; Dedalus Machines: Full VM

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Caged: $0.06; Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Caged: Included; Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage: Caged: Free; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day; Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from: Caged: $29 / month; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing: Caged: Bundled machine time; Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session: Caged: 4 hours; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB; Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Caged: Up to 5; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Caged: Firecracker microVM; Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Caged: MCP; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC: Caged: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Caged

Dedalus Machines

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Caged: $0.060; Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Caged: $0.120; Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Caged: $0.240; Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Caged fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Dedalus Machines fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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