Dedalus Machines vs InstaVM

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

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Dedalus Machines

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; InstaVM: $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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

InstaVM fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the larger free credit: $50 against $20.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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