Dedalus Machines vs Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Microsoft Foundry hosted agents costs $0.0994 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Microsoft Foundry hosted agents runs microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0994
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.0118
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: MicroVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.123
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.246
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Microsoft Foundry hosted agents: $0.492

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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 $0.246 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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