Dedalus Machines vs Runtime

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Runtime costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Dedalus Machines

Linux virtual machines for AI agents that sleep when idle.

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

Visit site Dedalus Machines profile

Runtime

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents, billed on the CPU that code uses.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Max session: No limit

Visit site Runtime profile

What is different

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vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Runtime: $0.0075
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Runtime: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Runtime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Runtime: $0.0075
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Runtime: No limit
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; Runtime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Runtime: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Runtime: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

Runtime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; Runtime: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; Runtime: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; Runtime: $0.160

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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 SOC 2 Type II.

Runtime fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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