Dedalus Machines vs SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Dedalus Machines

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

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366

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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 want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.183 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.

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