Dedalus Machines vs Prime Sandboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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 pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • 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: $0.090 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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