Cloudflare Sandbox vs Oblien Workspace

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

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.

Cloudflare Sandbox
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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