DigitalOcean Harness Runtime vs Oblien Workspace

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime costs $0.044 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean Harness Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agents and their code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

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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

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

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DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Oblien Workspace

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean Harness Runtimedigitalocean.com/pricing/harness-runtimedigitalocean.com

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.044; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.0095; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Session volumes $0.05 per GiB-month; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Pay as you go; Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Active CPU time only; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: After 15 minutes; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Up to 100; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Firecracker microVM; Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime:; Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Python; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime

Oblien Workspace

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.063; Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.126; Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime: $0.252; Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Oblien Workspace fits when

You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.126 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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