Dedalus Machines vs E2B

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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

Visit site Dedalus Machines profile

E2B

Open-source sandboxes for AI-generated code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site E2B profile

What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; E2B: $0.0162
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; E2B: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; E2B: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; E2B: $150 / month
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; E2B: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; E2B: $0.0162
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; E2B: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; E2B: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; E2B: $150 / month
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; E2B: Per second

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B: 24 hours
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; E2B: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B: Up to 1,100

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; E2B: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B: No
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B:
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; E2B:

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; E2B: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; E2B: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

E2B

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; E2B: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; E2B: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; E2B: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

E2B fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $100 against $20.

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