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Dedalus Machines vs DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteDigitalOcean Harness Runtime profile

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Dedalus Machinesdedaluslabs.ai
DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.126 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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