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Hugging Face Sandboxes vs Oblien Workspace

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and Oblien Workspace costs $0.03 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Oblien Workspace runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours
Visit siteHugging Face Sandboxes profile

Oblien Workspace

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free tier, no credit card
Max session
Not listed
Visit siteOblien Workspace profile

What is different

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

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Oblien Workspace: No
SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co
Oblien Workspaceoblien.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Oblien Workspace: $0.03
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included
Oblien Workspace: $0.008
Storage
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: $0.05 per GiB-month retained, also when stopped
Free tier
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Free tier, no credit card
Paid plan from
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Pay as you go
Billing
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Oblien Workspace: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Idle stop
Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: 12 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM
Oblien Workspace: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hugging Face Sandboxes:
Oblien Workspace: No
Snapshots
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace:
Pause and resume
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace:

Developer

SDKs
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python
Oblien Workspace: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: MCP

Trust

License
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed
BYOC
Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed
Oblien Workspace: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hugging Face Sandboxes
Oblien Workspace
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005
Oblien Workspace: $0.046
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010
Oblien Workspace: $0.092
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020
Oblien Workspace: $0.184

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.092 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Oblien Workspace fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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