Dedalus Machines vs Sailboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 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

Sailboxes

Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sailboxes profile

What is different

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Dedalus Machines

Sailboxes

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

Sailboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Dedalus Machines fits when

You want the larger free credit: $20 against $5.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sailboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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