Dedalus Machines vs xShellz Agent Shell

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. xShellz Agent Shell runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 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

xShellz Agent Shell

Always-on Linux boxes for AI agents, isolated with gVisor.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Max session: No limit

Visit site xShellz Agent Shell profile

What is different

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Dedalus Machines

xShellz Agent Shell

RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; xShellz Agent Shell: Included
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; xShellz Agent Shell: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; xShellz Agent Shell: Free plan, 1 box with 0.5 vCPU and 512 MB
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; xShellz Agent Shell: $10 / month
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; xShellz Agent Shell: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: No limit
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; xShellz Agent Shell: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; xShellz Agent Shell: gVisor
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; xShellz Agent Shell:

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; xShellz Agent Shell: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

xShellz Agent Shell

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; xShellz Agent Shell: Not listed

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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 a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

xShellz Agent Shell fits when

You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need GDPR.

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