Blaxel vs Oblien Workspace

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Blaxel

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Credit of up to $200
Max session
No limit

Oblien Workspace

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

What is different

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

Blaxel
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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