Dedalus Machines vs Solari

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Solari:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Solari: $0.342

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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 $0.171 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $20 against $3.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Solari fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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