CreateOS Sandbox vs Dedalus Machines

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Dedalus Machines
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • 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 a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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