Dedalus Machines vs Islo Sandboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Islo Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Islo Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Islo Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Starting credit, no card required
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Islo Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Islo Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Islo Sandboxes: $0.04
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Islo Sandboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Islo Sandboxes: Starting credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Islo Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Islo Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Islo Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Islo Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Islo Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Islo Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Islo Sandboxes: Agent computers run in your VPC.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Islo Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Islo Sandboxes: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Islo Sandboxes: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Islo Sandboxes: $0.600

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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 $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Islo Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.

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