Cloudflare Sandbox vs Dedalus Machines

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Dedalus Machines

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Dedalus Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.

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