Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Oblien Workspace

Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Oblien Workspace

Hosted microVM workspaces for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Free tier, no credit card
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Oblien Workspace profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Oblien Workspace

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Oblien Workspace

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

You use MCP.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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