Dedalus Machines vs Northflank Sandboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Northflank Sandboxes costs $0.01667 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Northflank Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Northflank Sandboxes

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
Northflank Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Northflank Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Northflank Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.01667
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.00833
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Northflank Sandboxes: Volumes $0.15 per GB per month, also when paused. Ephemeral storage is included.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Northflank Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Northflank Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Northflank Sandboxes: 20 vCPU · 40 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Northflank Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Northflank Sandboxes: Runs in your own cloud or VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Northflank Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.033
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.067
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Northflank Sandboxes: $0.133

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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.

Northflank Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.067 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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