Dedalus Machines vs StateSet Sandbox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $20.

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