E2B vs Oblien Workspace

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

Oblien Workspace

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

What is different

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

E2B
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
E2B: Free
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
E2B: Free
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
E2B: No
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
E2B:
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • 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.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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