CreateOS Sandbox vs Oblien Workspace

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

Oblien Workspace

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

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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