Beam Sandboxes vs Oblien Workspace

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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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

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

Field

Beam Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace: No
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

Oblien Workspace

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; Oblien Workspace: $0.184

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

Oblien Workspace fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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