Dedalus Machines vs Deno Sandbox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Deno 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.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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