Dedalus Machines vs Mosaic Sandbox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker 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
Mosaic Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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