Daytona vs Dedalus Machines

Daytona costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Daytona runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Daytona

Stateful sandboxes that boot from OCI-compliant images.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

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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

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What is different

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Daytona

Dedalus Machines

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Daytona: Container; Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Daytona: $0.0504; Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Daytona: $0.0162; Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage: Daytona: $0.000108 per GiB-hour after 5 free GiB; Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Daytona: $200 credit; Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from: Daytona: Pay as you go; Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing: Daytona: Per second; Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session: Daytona: No limit; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop: Daytona: After 15 minutes; Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Daytona: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Daytona: Not listed; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Daytona: Container; Dedalus Machines: Full VM
GPU: Daytona:; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Snapshots: Daytona:; Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Pause and resume: Daytona:; Dedalus Machines:

Developer

SDKs: Daytona: Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, Java; Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Daytona: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Daytona

Dedalus Machines

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Daytona: $0.083; Dedalus Machines: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Daytona: $0.166; Dedalus Machines: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Daytona: $0.331; Dedalus Machines: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Daytona fits when

You need GPUs.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $200 against $20.

Dedalus Machines fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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