DigitalOcean MicroVMs vs Oblien Workspace

DigitalOcean MicroVMs costs $0.022 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. DigitalOcean MicroVMs runs Firecracker microVMs. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Lightweight virtual machines that run a container image in their own kernel and pause when idle.

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

Visit site DigitalOcean MicroVMs profile

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

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DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Oblien Workspace

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

DigitalOcean MicroVMsdocs.digitalocean.com/products/microvms/details/pricingdocs.digitalocean.com

Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.022; Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.0085; Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.05 per GiB per month, charged when running or paused. Checkpoints are charged until deleted.; Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Per second; Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: After 5 minutes; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: Not listed; Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

DigitalOcean MicroVMs

Oblien Workspace

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.039; Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.078; Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: DigitalOcean MicroVMs: $0.156; Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

DigitalOcean MicroVMs fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.078 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Oblien Workspace fits when

You use MCP.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need GDPR.

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