EQVPS Sandboxes vs Oblien Workspace

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Oblien Workspace: No limit
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Oblien Workspace: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.092 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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