Dedalus Machines vs Zipbox

Dedalus Machines costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Dedalus Machines runs full VMs. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session: No limit

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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Dedalus Machines

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vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; Zipbox: No
SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.04536; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Dedalus Machines: $0.01458; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Dedalus Machines: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Dedalus Machines: $20 one-time sign-up credit; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Dedalus Machines: $20 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Dedalus Machines: Per second; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: Dedalus Machines: After 5 minutes; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Dedalus Machines: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Dedalus Machines: Full VM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Dedalus Machines:; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: Dedalus Machines: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License: Dedalus Machines: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC: Dedalus Machines: Enterprise plan; Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Dedalus Machines

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.075; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.149; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Dedalus Machines: $0.298; Zipbox: $0.027

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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 pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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