Dedalus Machines vs Phonebox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Phonebox limits a session to 3 hours.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Phonebox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$2 starter credit, one time, no card
Max session
3 hours

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Phonebox
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Phonebox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Phonebox: Not listed
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Phonebox: Not listed
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Phonebox: $2 starter credit, one time, no card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Phonebox: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Phonebox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: 3 hours
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Phonebox: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Phonebox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Phonebox: Not listed
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Phonebox:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Phonebox: TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: MCP

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Phonebox: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Phonebox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Phonebox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Phonebox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Phonebox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Phonebox: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Dedalus Machines fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $20 against $2.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Phonebox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.

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