Dedalus Machines vs Upstash Box

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Upstash Box costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Upstash Box runs containers.

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Dedalus Machines

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

Upstash Box

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Dedalus Machines
Upstash Box
vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.04536
Upstash Box: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Dedalus Machines: $0.01458
Upstash Box: Included
Storage
Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Upstash Box: $0.10 per GB per month, including snapshots. Included on Fixed.
Free tier
Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit
Upstash Box: Free plan, 5 CPU hours per month
Paid plan from
Dedalus Machines: $20 / month
Upstash Box: Pay as you go
Billing
Dedalus Machines: Per second
Upstash Box: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Idle stop
Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes
Upstash Box: After 360 minutes
Largest sandbox
Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Upstash Box: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box: Up to 1,000

Platform

Isolation
Dedalus Machines: Full VM
Upstash Box: Container
GPU
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
Snapshots
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box:
Pause and resume
Dedalus Machines:
Upstash Box:

Developer

SDKs
Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go
Upstash Box: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box: LangChain, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Dedalus Machines: Not listed
Upstash Box: Not listed
BYOC
Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan
Upstash Box: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Dedalus Machines
Upstash Box
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.075
Upstash Box: $0.100
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.149
Upstash Box: $0.200
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Dedalus Machines: $0.298
Upstash Box: $0.400

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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 $0.200 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Upstash Box fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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