Dedalus Machines vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Dedalus Machines

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

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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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 larger free credit: $20 against $1.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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