Declaw vs Dedalus Machines

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

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.

Declaw
Dedalus Machines
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Dedalus Machines: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Dedalus Machines: Per second

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Dedalus Machines: Not listed

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 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 16 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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