Dedalus Machines vs Oblien Workspace

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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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 12 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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