Dedalus Machines vs Freestyle VMs

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Field

Dedalus Machines

Freestyle VMs

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Dedalus Machinesdedaluslabs.ai/pricingdedaluslabs.ai

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

Freestyle VMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; Freestyle VMs: $0.264

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Dedalus Machines fits when

You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Freestyle VMs fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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